by WILPF Australia | Aug 13, 2021 | Disarmament, Militarisation, News
A moving ceremony was held on Saturday 7 August at the Canberra Rotary World Peace Bell to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Conducted by the Rotaract Clubs of Brindabella and the University of Canberra, the ceremony opened with a song from the Australian Military...
by WILPF Australia | Jul 23, 2021 | Disarmament, Militarisation, Militarism, News
WILPF Australia is actively supporting the international campaign for a peace treaty to be negotiated between North and South Korea. Since 1953, there has only been a ceasefire in operation. Internationally, WILPF was one of the initiating partners in the Korea Peace...
by WILPF Australia | Jun 24, 2021 | Disarmament, Militarisation
FROM ICAN Australia & WILPF Australia PRESS RELEASE – Monday 21 June 2021 Unanimous Vote At its National General Assembly in Canberra [on 21 June 2021] the Australian Local Government Association unanimously passed a motion calling on Australia to sign and...
by WILPF Australia | Jun 1, 2021 | Disarmament, Militarisation, Militarism, News
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) is conducting a national public inquiry into the costs and consequences of the Australia-US Alliance for the Australian people. IPAN invites input on the issues as well as measures that could assist in achieving a...
by WILPF Australia | May 21, 2021 | Disarmament, Events, Militarisation, Militarism, News
View Breaking Through the Addiction to Weapons: Feminist Critiques of Militarism, webinar, 26 May 2021. WILPF representatives Ludmilla Kwitko and Barb O’Dwyer in Australia join WILPF Sections from Aotearoa, Japan, Germany and Italy to present and compare recent...
by WILPF Australia | May 21, 2021 | Disarmament, Militarism, Uncategorized
WILPF Australia has released a new research report, Militarisation in Australia: Normalisation and Mythology, that documents and analyses the movement towards militarisation in Australia from 2010-2020. Read the Militarisation in Australia research report. Related...