Sweden has, for several decades, been an important voice for gender equality and girls’ and women’s rights in the world. In 2014 the Swedish government launched Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy. This was an important political statement which was welcomed by us in civil society.
In 2015, WILPF celebrated 100 years of advocacy and activism for peace. We held our Centennial Congress in The Hague, the Netherlands, welcomed three new Sections, and adopted a renewed WILPF manifesto. Most importantly we organised the peace summit “Women’s Power to Stop War” gathering more than 1,000 peace activists from more than 80 different countries.
In 2016, the initiatives and achievements of WILPF International, our programmes, partners and many sections were varied and diverse. The Annual Report 2016 will take you throughout the world and show how our staff and sections worked brilliantly to think and act differently.
In 2016, the initiatives and achievements of WILPF International, our programmes, partners and many sections were varied and diverse. The Annual Report 2016 will take you throughout the world and show how our staff and sections worked brilliantly to think and act differently.
For April, in which Peru has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on Burundi, Haiti, Liberia, Syria, Western Sahara and Sexual violence in conflict.
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