Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada
DEMILITARIZE, DECARBONIZE, DECOLONIZE
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada’s goal is to bring together women and diverse people to unite in their determination to advocatefor peace.
Our goals include total and universal disarmament; the strengthening of the United Nations and international law; political and social equality and economic equity; co-operation among all people, decolonization and an environmentally sustainable development.
Learn more About WILPF Canada’s goals and mission
Read Tamara’s Report from her Two-Week Trip to Russia
From September 16 to October 2, 2024, our member, Tamara Lorincz, was in Russia. In Saint Petersburg, Tamara attended the three-day Eurasian Women’s Forum and the BRICS Women’s Meeting with 2,000 women from 126 countries. The theme of the meeting was “Women Strengthening Trust and Cooperation.” At the forum, Tamara …
Walking Together for Peace Info & Resources
From September 8 to September 21, 2024, WALK4PEACE is taking place in Nova Scotia and across Canada to promote peace and disarmament. Participants are coming from Nova Scotia, across Canada, India and Japan. They are walking 200 km from Pugwash to Halifax, Nova Scotia ending on International Peace Day on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
