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...
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...
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...
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.* SCR 1325• stressed the importance of...
Illustration courtesy Judy Horacek 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? It...
