WILPF International Programme

For each Congress, the Secretary General drafts an International Programme of work in cooperation with the Executive Committee. This programme sets the framework on the work of the Secretariat and the National Sections until next Congress. In 2011, Congress adopted an expanded, and somewhat different International Programme, which the Secretariat was to implement in the period 2011-2014.

CSW60 Report

The 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) took place at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York from 14 to 24 March, 2016. The priority theme this year was "Women’s Empowerment and the Link to Sustainable Development.”

Preventing Gender-Based Violence Through Arms Control

Our latest report provides tools and guidelines for effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty and the UN Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons provisions related to gender-based violence. Based on interviews, research, and primary documents, it offers an overview of current practices in export licensing, including applications and documentations, risk assessments, information sharing, monitoring, and transparency.

WILPF International Programme: 2015-2018

For each Congress, the Secretary General drafts an International Programme of work in cooperation with the Executive Committee. This programme sets the framework on the work of the Secretariat and the National Sections until next Congress. In 2011, Congress adopted an expanded, and somewhat different International Programme, which the Secretariat was to implement in the period 2011-2014.

CSW60 Report 2016

The 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) took place at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York from 14 to 24 March, 2016. The priority theme this year was "Women’s Empowerment and the Link to Sustainable Development.”

International Affairs Special Report: Reintroducing Women, Peace and Security

This special issue of International Affairs, launched on International Women’s Day 2016, explores the potential and limits of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, a global policy architecture supporting gender equality and today a significant reference point in the management and resolution of, as well as recovery from, violent conflict.

Ways Syrian Women Must be Included in the Upcoming Peace Talks

The WILPF intiative focuses on the Syrian peace talks and the need for women to be included in them.  WILPF points to numerous reasons why the inclusion of Syrian women in the talk could lead to a fuller, richer peace.  As numerous studies have shown, the substantive inclusion of women in peace talks makes them more likely to be implemented and last.

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