Statement released by WILPF’s Madeleine Rees on Brexit. Read or download the full statement below or find the original here.

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MADELEINE REES ON BREXIT

Statement released by WILPF celebrating Colombia’s historic peace agreement. Read or download the full statement below or find the original here.

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This is the statement that WILPF released on 13 June 2016, condemning the attack on a crowded market in Baghdad in the midst of the Eid celebration:

"We at WILPF are deeply disturbed by the horrific crime that took place last Saturday in a crowded market at the center of Baghdad.

What makes a feminist space? How it looks? How it feels? Maria Butler, WILPF Director of Global Programmes, asks this question in her blog from the recent consultation and global board meeting of the MenEngage Alliance.

Download the full blog below or read the original here 

The #MoveTheMoney resources developed by WILPF was designed to go from a political economy of war to a political economy of peace.  Using data collected on military expenditure, WILPF aims to show that to acheive the Sustainable Development Goals, military funding needs to decrease and be used for peace in the form of conflict prevention, gender equality and economic development.

The International Board of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom released a statement entitled "Condemning the sexual assault and murder of Okinawan woman by former US Marine and calilng for withdrawal of US military from Okinawa, Japan".  They call for a full investigation of the rape and murder as well as an end to the US occupation of Japanese land. 

The International Board of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom released a statement entitled "The Provision of Gender-Senstive Support to Syrian Women Refugees" which outlined key recommendations for national governments, local governments and civil society to take to address the continued gender-based violence Syrian women refugees face in European countries.