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WILPF across Australia celebrates the Entry Into Force of the Treaty
On 22 January, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) comes into force! WILPF is raising its voice through celebrations initiated across three Branches and more. Join one of the events to help mark this momentous occasion. WILPF Australia - 22...
WILPF Women Working for Peace—Margaret Reynolds
WILPF member and former Senator Margaret Reynolds honours the 2020 centenary of WILPF Tasmania – and shares her own story of working for peace. Congratulations to you all on this very special occasion as we celebrate 100 years of Tasmanian women campaigning for...
Why the urgency of COVID-19 threatens to silence women
In the best of times, Australian women perform almost double the amount of time on caring duties compared to men. So what happens in today’s difficult times? Yasmin Poole, WILPF’s 2020 Asia Pacific Youth Representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of...
Celebrate WILPF Tasmania Centenary and Human Rights Week
Join WILPF Tasmania on 4 December for A Soup and Sandwich Luncheon to celebrate the Centenary of the Tasmanian Branch of WILPF Australia - and also Human Rights Week. Our Special Guest Speaker will be Professor MARGARET REYNOLDS. As a young Townsville mother in 1970,...
WILPF Australia Women, Peace and Security 2020 Webinar Series
WILPF Australia presents this thought-provoking webinar series to build understanding and awareness of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and to help inform discussion and action on how to promote and support women's meaningful participation in building...
Celebrate the Nuclear Ban Treaty achievement – and call on Australia to join.
On United Nations Day, 24 October 2020, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached 50 ratifications by nation states – the number required for the TPNW to enter into force and become international law in 90 days on 22 January 2021. This...
WILPF takes “end nuclear weapons” message to Mt Isa
The WILPF Australia “Cities and Towns” campaign is touring regional Queensland to help make all our communities safe from the danger of nuclear weapons.
SCR 1325 – 20 years on where are we now?
On 31 October 2000, the first ever resolution on Women, Peace and Security, Security Council Resolution 1325 (SCR 1325), was unanimously adopted by United Nations Security Council.
Happy 100th Birthday WILPF in Australia: 1920 to 2020.
It’s May 1919. Can we even begin to imagine what it was like for a small group of women to travel from Australia to Zurich for a second international women’s peace congress?
A network of peace women, passionate about lasting peace and women's role in achieving it. Since 1915.
WILPF holds consultative status to the United Nations.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community.
We pay our respects to those past, present and future.