WILPF Canada is participating in the No Fighter Jets Coalition’s #DropTheF35Deal Weekend of Action from Friday, January 6 to Sunday, January 8. We are calling on the Trudeau government to cancel its plans to buy 16 Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighters for $7 billion. We believe that the Trudeau government should not buy costly […]

WILPF Canada marks the 16 Days of Action against Gender-based Violence against Women and Girls have been celebrated every year since 1991 between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November to Human Rights Day on 10 December. This year, the Campaign is continuing the 30th anniversary theme of Ending […]

Webinar this Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30 pm ET, Tamara will be speaking about her work on the WILPF delegation at the COP 27 climate summit in Egypt and then her tour of Russia, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Romania. Co-organized by World Beyond War Canada, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace […]

WILPF is part of the COP 27 Civil Society Coalition and the Climate Action Network. Please read the collective demands that we will be bringing to Egypt here. Our member Tamara Lorincz will be part of the official WILPF delegation at the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh with 9 other members and she will be […]

Join the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) Canada to work with us for a peace that links nonviolence, disarmament and demilitarization and is intersectional with gender equity and social and climate justice. Be part of an exciting international movement that is making a difference. We meet the 4th Sunday of the month. […]

WEBINAR: “A Climate of Insecurity for COP 27: How the West has Militarised and Impoverished the African Continent” Tuesday, 4 October 7PM CEST/ 5PM CAT/1PM EDT Organized by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). The event will have English, Arabic, and French interpretation. Speakers: Abayomi Azikiwe (Pan-African News Wire) Mpiwa Mangwiro (WILPF […]

The UN General Assembly declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. This year’s theme is “End Racism, Build Peace”. At the UN, the Secretary General Antonio Guterres gave a speech for Peace Day. He said, “Today, peace is under assault. The poison […]

WILPF Canada is endorsing and supporting this important event to mark the UN International Day of Peace. On Sunday, September 25, the Council of Canadians (London) and People for Peace London will host a film screening and discussion titled, “What can Canada learn from Costa Rica’s path to demilitarization?” Join a free screening of the […]

Tuesday, August 307 PM CEST/6PM WAT/1PM EDT.English with French and Arabic interpretation.Languages: English, French, Arabic This webinar “A Climate of Insecurity for COP27–African women raising their voices for feminist climate justice,” invites you to listen to feminist activists and women human rights defenders’ lived experiences of the impacts of the climate crisis on the African […]

Watch the recording of our webinar “Women and Peace in Afghanistan: What Canadians Can Do Now” Please find our leaflet and more resources on our “Afghanistan” page.