Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is now 98 years old. We are so proud to be the oldest women's peace organization in the world! To learn more about WILPF's history Click Here>>

WE MADE IT BINDING!

On April 2, 2013 governments adopted the text of the first ever Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations in New York. The treaty, which prohibits the sale of arms if there is a risk that the weapons could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, is the first ever treaty that recognizes the link between gender-based violence and the international arms trade.

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CSW57 is finished and Agreed Conclusions were adopted!

CSW57 will took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 4 March to Friday, 15 March 2013.

Read WILPF at CSW report here.

Read the Agreed Conclusions here.

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      The PeaceWomen Project promotes the role of women in preventing conflict, and the equal and full participation of women in all efforts to create and maintain international peace and security. PeaceWomen monitors the UN Security Council, the UN system, and provides a hub of information sharing on women, peace and security. We are a project of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the oldest womens peace movement in the world.

PeaceWomen advances our mission by monitoring and advocating for the rapid and full implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security and related women, peace and security commitments - including Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000) and the subsequent resolutions.