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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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