Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

🌍 It’s Demilitarisation Day during the Global Week of Action for Climate Finance and a Fossil Free Future!

Today, we emphasise the urgent need to shift our resources:
🔹 Divert military spending into climate finance
🔹 Divest from war and invest in climate justice
🔹 End the military-oil relationship

Militarism and the climate crisis are interconnected issues that must be addressed by the UNFCCC. Let’s call for real change!

Global North governments must pay US$5 trillion yearly as a down payment for their climate debt, starting now. It is the moral and legal obligation of the Global North to pay for the Global South’s mitigation, adaptation, just transition, and loss and damage.

Pay up $5 trillion/year for the climate debt now!

Save the Date! On 2 October, we’ll dive into "Building Connections Across the Antinuclear and Climate Movements" in a webinar that will also launch our new "Petrobromance" report.

Learn how the antinuclear, climate justice and police abolition movements share common goals and what we can do to advance them together.

📅 Date: 2 October
🕒 Time: 09:30-11:00 EDT
🎙️ Speakers: Joni Seager, Edwick Madzimure & more

👉 Register now: https://shorturl.at/91p2u

🌿 As , the , and the approach, the urgency to address fossil fuel dependency has never been clearer. Join us for an insightful webinar hosted by WILPF and Fossil Fuel Treaty, to explore our new research on how fossil fuels exacerbate conflict and why the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is crucial for peace and climate action.

This event will feature a dynamic panel of experts discussing the intersection of fossil fuels, conflict, and global security, and how we can strengthen advocacy for sustainable peace.

🔥 Spaces are filling up fast! Register here: https://shorturl.at/4ZZDb

Since early 2024, students worldwide have united against the genocide in Gaza, demanding divestment from companies supporting Israel’s war machine. Universities and states have responded with severe repression.

WILPF is documenting these uprisings and needs your help to amplify these crucial voices.

💬 Get Involved: Share your story, assist with evidence collection, or help with peer reviews. Anonymity guaranteed and full support provided.

📩 Contact us at [email protected] or DM us to join. Stand with us for justice and peace. ✊🏽

🌍✨ — Acknowledging the often-overlooked gendered impact of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the Independent Fact-Finding Mission has just released a crucial report highlighting widespread sexual and gender-based violence, and emphasising the urgent need to include women and youth in peace negotiations.

Let's ensure the voices of Sudanese women and girls are heard. 💪🏽👩🏽‍⚖️👩🏿‍🏫

🔗 Read the full report: https://shorturl.at/DtWYF

🚨 WILPF joins 90+ orgs urging United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to renew & strengthen the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan's mandate and establish an accountability mechanism to investigate & preserve evidence of human rights violations and abuses, incl. crimes under international law.

Read the open letter and spread the word: shorturl.at/oZBCC

HRC57: Joint Open Letter on Afghanistan - WILPF WILPF joined this open letter, —supported by over 70 Afghanistan organisations almost 20 international organisations, — calling on the UN Human Rights Council, at its 57th regular session to:

📢 Yesterday, the International Service for Human Rights, Al-Haq Organization مؤسسة الحق and delivered a powerful joint statement at the Arms Trade Treaty conference ( ). We highlighted the alarming reality that, 10 years after its entry into force, the is being severely violated by countries providing weapons that enable and other international crimes.

The statement calls on States parties to take immediate, concrete actions to hold accountable those who blatantly violate the treaty. This includes the imposition of a two-way arms embargo, including transit, on .

It’s time to uphold the original purpose of the ATT – to prevent human suffering – which needs to be at the center of all efforts.

Read the full statement here: [https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images//documents/Disarmament-fora/att/csp10/statements/21Aug_ISHR_2.pdf]

Today, on the 3rd anniversary of the Taliban takeover, WILPF and other leading organisations issue a critical joint statement. The human rights crisis in continues to deteriorate, with devastating impacts on women, girls, LGBTQI+ communities, and minorities. The international response has been alarmingly ineffective and even harmful.

We urge the global community to take meaningful action.

🔗 Read more: https://shorturl.at/o5gFd

Joint Statement: Need for an Urgent Rethink of International Response to the Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan - WILPF Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, we, the undersigned organizations, remain alarmed that the international response to worsening Taliban human rights violations, especially against […]

Today is day 4 of !

We asked Edwick Madzimure- the President of WILPF Zimbabwe, to reflect on her session on the relationship between inequality, extractive industries, armed violence, conflict and gender in .

Here is what she had to say

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Celebrate ’s anniversary with our latest Q&A! 🎉🕊️

Learn how they’re advancing peace and disarmament in , and hear from Section President Bassiratou Idrissou-Traoré and several members about their inspiring work: www.wilpf.org/wilpf-togo-a-commitment-to-peace-and-disarmament-in-west-africa/

On day 3 of our , we are focusing on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda ( ) and international and regional mechanisms and committments to further its implementation.

Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo gave a powerful presentation on the history of the WPS agenda and highlighted the current opportunities and challenges for African countries.

We learned that in Africa, 36 countries have National Action Plans (NAPs) connected to 1325 and that a third of the NAPs in the world are actually in Africa. 20 countries are on their first NAPs while others are already implementing their second and third.

Sandrine Loriane Alapini, a member of WILPF Togo said that "in Togo, we used 1325 on advocacy efforts on sexual violence which was used in conflict, but we also used it with other resolutions such as Resolution 2250 because we wanted to have an inclusive approach and include young girls and women in the discussions."

She added that Togo has made some advances in women's political participation.

Regina Outtara, the President of WILPF Burkina Faso said that "our first two NAPs were difficult to implement due to internal challenges in the country, right now, we are on our third NAP and it is under the Ministry of Humanitarian Action. To implement it, we are working in coalition with many actors, state and non-state organisations."

Steven Maina from the Kenya MenEngage Alliance said that "Resolution 1325 supported in increasing women's political participation and also the formation of the women’s situation room to monitor elections."

Richard Njenga who is also part of Kenya's MenEngage Alliance added that, “ Kenya’s committment to the WPS agenda is transforming how peace and security are approached and we are seeing more women as key players in peace-building, combating gender-based violence, and ensuring that gender perspectives are integral to national security efforts.”

📑 WILPF maintains an online resource providing analysis of each country’s National Action Plan. On the website, people can also read some examples of WILPF Sections’ work on national-level WPS initiatives.

🔗 to access the resource: https://t.ly/fr8mt

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This is day 2 of our and we are learning about the root causes and structural drivers of conflict and violence.

At the (MMFP) initiative, we have always been keen to understand how violence and feed off each other and how they flourish due to structural drivers and through our original and holistic approach to research, we have been analysing this in different countries.

During the session, Dean Peacock, the project director of the MMFP initiative shared some examples of structural drivers.

We want to share with you some of what we have learned;

Stay tuned for more updates from hashtag

📚 To read more from our original research, click this 🔗 : https://t.ly/-ihD_

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✨ After a month of virtual learning, the participants of the MenEngage Africa Training Institute (MATI 2024) are now in Kenya for an intensive in-person training on Gender, Peace and Security.

will cover modules on conflict, gender, and peace-building, international human rights frameworks to advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the connections between structural violence and militarised masculinities, and the role of male allies in achieving . Participants will also explore joint advocacy opportunities such as the AU’s Campaign, the AU’s Declaration on Positive Masculinities, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, and the UN Human Rights Council Resolution 35/10.

This tremendous effort is led by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), MenEngage Alliance in Africa, Sonke Gender Justice and the Gender Equality Studies and Training Program (GRÓ GEST) of the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands). The training brought together participants from over 12 countries in Africa as well as a diverse group of facilitators and experts from all over the world. The participants are also mostly women and fifty percent of the spots were reserved for youth under the age of 32.

The overall objectives are to increase understanding of participants on key concepts of conflict and peacebuilding, strengthen their understanding of causes, drivers and analysis of conflict from a feminist lens, strengthen their understand of the WPS instruments and how to mainstream the WPS agenda and to better comprehend the links between conflict and militarised masculinities and discuss strategies to .

💡Stay tuned for more updates.
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Today, we celebrate all young activists striving to make their communities more peaceful and just, advocate for environmental justice, oppose wars, and promote rights! ✊🔥

Ready to make an impact? Join the Network and be part of the movement: https://shorturl.at/YdMY9

🕊️ How can today's lead movements for and ? Technology certainly helps!

Check out our tips on how to spread good peace practices using just your mobile phone!

🌍 Young people today are at the forefront of tackling the , creating movements and documenting the reality of our climate situation.

As heirs of this planet, we are committed to taking care of it for ourselves and future generations!

Social media empowers us to network and share our passion for the future of our planet, allowing us to act together!

Want to learn more? Discover WILPF's work for the
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Are you concerned about the impact of on our future? In our latest article, Leandra explores the possibilities of action for and how we can use technology to talk about 👇

Read the full article now: https://shorturl.at/EdPun

This day brings a powerful reminder of the impact of nuclear weapons. Join WILPF as we honour the victims and reaffirm our commitment to a world free of nuclear threats.

Learn about WILPF Japan’s remarkable century-long journey: https://shorturl.at/C2FXZ