WILPF Canada walked in solidarity in Vancouver with the Barefoot Walk for Peace that took place in Rome. The walk was organized by Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun in the Italian capital on March 24, 2026. Canadian women are in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli women working hard for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
Hundreds of women from Israeli and Palestinian peace movements did a barefoot walk through Rome to launch of their joint initiative, “The Mothers’ Call.” Israeli members of Women Wage Peace and Palestinian members of Women of the Sun came together to demonstrate their dedication to a political agreement for a lasting peace. In Rome, the women met with high-level diplomats in Rome, held meetings at the Italian Parliament, and had an audience with the Pope to call for “a clear political horizon and a return to civic responsibility” for peaceful relations.
The Mothers’ Call states: “We, Palestinian and Israeli women from all walks of life, are united in the human desire for a future of peace, freedom, equality, rights, and security for our children and the next generations. We believe that the majority of the people of our nations also share our mutual desire. Therefore, we demand that our leaders listen to our call and promptly begin peace talks and negotiations, with a determined commitment to achieving a political solution to the long and painful conflict, within a limited timeframe.”
Learn more about The Mothers’ Call.
WILPF-Canada advocates for an end to Israel’s system of apartheid and genocide against the Palestinian people and an end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land.
Read the latest report by Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, on how torture has become ‘state doctrine’ in Israel, making prisons instruments of genocide and torture.
