Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 11, 2017
The annual meeting of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women, held in New York every March, may be in trouble because of uncertainty and fear about the Trump administration’s attempt to ban immigration from seven Muslim-majority…
- Categories: UN Agencies, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women
- Julie Vanderperre
- • January 18, 2017
A responsibility to promote worldwide cooperation toward peace and security is not the only role that the permanent-five veto-wielding powers in the United Nations Security Council have in common. Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States are also…
- Categories: Disarmament, Geopolitics, Middle East
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 4, 2016
Two young women in London are taking on what they call the elitist nature of foreign policy and turning it toward a more feminist approach that could play out in many different pathways, said Marissa Conway, a founder of…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Peace and Security, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 20, 2016
While new Syrian peace talks organized by the United Nations remain tentatively scheduled to begin on Jan. 25 in Switzerland, a substantial group of Syrian women is preparing to convene in Geneva starting that day to demand an equal…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Middle East
- Maria Butler
- • February 10, 2014
This is a difficult time for peace advocates. How can we talk about women participating at the peace table when talk has not translated into action? How can we discuss the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda,…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 26, 2013
The campaign to ensure women’s equal participation at the peace talks on Syria in January has become more urgent, as certain parties recognize that women are vital in rebuilding and reconciling Syrian society. Yet only a few weeks before…
- Categories: Middle East, Secretary-General, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 5, 2013
Recognizing that women in the Middle East and North Africa must play an active role in their countries’ political processes, especially amid the regional backdrop of upheavals and conflicts, the Netherlands government is providing money for a new program,…
- Categories: Middle East, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 3, 2013
The momentous adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations has been greeted with much enthusiasm worldwide but also strong skepticism as the reality of carrying out its aim — regulating international transfers of conventional arms —…
- Categories: Disarmament, General Assembly, Peace and Security, US-UN Relations, Women
- Amy Lieberman
- • March 25, 2013
 The $100- to $120-billion international arms trade in 2012 intensified the internal conflicts in Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo but also brought guns into homes in these countries, where men turned them against women. That…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Peace and Security, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 7, 2013
Thousands of women worldwide flock to the Commission on the Status of Women’s conference at the United Nations every March, and this year is no exception, for good reason: the theme is eliminating and preventing all violence against women…
- Categories: Development, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • November 28, 2012
A dozen years have passed since the United Nations Security Council made history by adopting a resolution that addressed women’s rights during conflicts and required their participation in preventing wars and in peace talks. Until Resolution 1325was approved,…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council, Women
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