Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada

DEMILITARIZE, DECARBONIZE, DECOLONIZE

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada’s goals are to bring together women of different political beliefs and philosophies who are united in their determination to study, make known and help abolish the causes and the legitimization of war; and to work toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict and their substitution in every case of negotiation and conciliation; the strengthening of the United Nations system; the continuous development and implementation of international law; political and social equality and economic equity; co-operation among all people; and an environmentally sustainable development.

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WILPF-Canada and VOW send joint letters to leaders to end the wars & genocide and for peace

VOW and WILPF have sent joint letters to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to express our opposition to Israel’s horrific genocide in Gaza and our grave concern about the immense suffering of the Palestinian people. We also appealed to them to reduce the risk of nuclear …
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Read Tamara’s report about her “No to NATO, Yes to Peace” actions in Washington D.C.

From July 4 to July 14, Tamara was in Washington D.C. to protest the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during its 75th anniversary summit and to participate in the “No to NATO, Yes to Peace” week of actions. She represented the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada (WILPF) and …
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Public Discusssion on NATO’s Role in the World

We invite people to join this free public event “What are the Consequences for Canada? NATO at 75, the Ukraine War, Russia, China and the Middle East” on Tuesday, July 23 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the James J. Brown Auditorium, Waterloo Main Public Library, 35 Albert St, Waterloo, Ontario. With …
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Meet WILPF leader:  Huguette Hayden

My name is Huguette Sansonnet Hayden. I am a retired child and adolescent psychiatrist. I was born in France in 1944. I developed an anti war stance early in my life. My family were small farmers who had to go to war, my grandfather in WW 1, my uncles in …
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Our Joint Letter to the Governor General to Oppose the Militarization of the North

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace have sent a joint letter to Governor General Mary Simon calling on her to oppose the federal government’s $38.6 billion plan plan to militarize the north through the new defence policy update entitled, Our …
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