Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Public Statements

WILPF Australia releases statements on important issues relating to peace, militarism and human rights. Public statements from recent years are below.

2015

• The Triennial Conference of members of WILPF Australia has called upon the Australian government to take action in a range of areas (May)
  • Military Spending
  • Nuclear Energy and Weapons
  • United States Bases in Australia
  • Internet Freedom
  • Seeking asylum is a human right
  • Threat to close Aboriginal communities in Western Australia
  • War Powers Bill
  • Arbitrary Removal of Citizenship
  • Humanitarian Aid

• WILPF joins Australian women's groups in call for paid parental leave to be protected (May)
• WILPF Australia endorses Statement to Disarmament Conference (March)

2014

• WILPF calls for more women on UN Panel (November)
• WILPF concerns on G20 and freedom (November)
• Statement for Global Day of Action Against Military Spending (April)

2013

• Violence Must End

2012

• US bases in Australia

2011

• Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness
• Proposed Tasmanian Charter of Rights
• Inquiry into the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities (Victoria)
• Nuclear Abolition Day Statement