Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

14/10/2026

Tomorrow, 15:00 CEST: Imagine Peace at , then a conversation led by our Secretary-General Dr Amrita Kapur.

Join us in person or online.

15 October, 15:00 CEST, CICG Geneva

Learn more: https://www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf-2026/schedule/imagine-peace-with-wilpf-a-century-of-women-s-peacebuilding-in-an-age-of-rearmament

13/10/2026

“Justice and peace are interwoven.” 🕊️

Our Secretary-General Dr Amrita Kapur is at the at a poignant moment following the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay.

Speaking this morning on a panel about structural barriers and Geneva as a safe space for arms and peace processes, Dr Amrita Kapur highlighted how intersecting structural barriers continue to shape not only institutions, but also their agendas, their content, and how decisions get made.

Breaking silos matters, but it isn’t enough. Addressing today’s polycrisis requires a specific, intentional strategy for an integrated approach. It also requires confronting the deliberate efforts to dismantle the fundamental pillars of multilateralism.

Geneva

13/10/2026

“Justice and peace are interwoven.” 🕊️

Our Secretary-General Dr Amrita Kapur is at the Geneva Peace Forum & Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP), at a poignant moment following the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay.

Speaking this morning on a panel about structural barriers and Geneva as a safe space for arms and peace processes, Dr Amrita Kapur highlighted how intersecting structural barriers continue to shape not only institutions, but also their agendas, their content, and how decisions get made.

Breaking silos matters, but it isn’t enough. Addressing today’s polycrisis requires a specific, intentional strategy for an integrated approach. It also requires confronting the deliberate efforts to dismantle the fundamental pillars of multilateralism.

08/10/2026

More than a century of women choosing peace, on the big screen in Geneva.

Imagine Peace by Fabian Chiquet tells the story of Edith Ballantyne, who fled the N***s in 1938 and went on to become a leading voice in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. From the halls of the United Nations to the streets of the global disarmament movement, Edith and generations of activists worked to keep dialogue and peace at the heart of international politics.

Join us for a preview screening and conversation at the Geneva Peace Forum, in person or online.

15 October, 15:00 CEST, Plenary A, CICG Geneva

Register at www.genevapeaceforum.ch

21/09/2026

Every 21 September, the world pauses for the hashtag . WILPF has never waited for the pause.

Since 1915, we've built peace rather than waited for it. Today we're launching our International Programme 2026–2029, a feminist, intersectional roadmap shaped over a year of consultation with WILPF Sections and members worldwide.

Militarism, the climate crisis and the erosion of women's rights are not separate emergencies. They're one system, and we're dismantling it together. Discover our vision today: https://www.wilpf.org/the-choice-is-ours-we-choose-peace/

WILPF Marks International Day of Peace by Launching a Bold New Roadmap Every 21 September, the world pauses to mark the International Day of Peace. WILPF has never waited for […]

29/08/2026

On 29 August, we mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests.

More than 2,000 nuclear explosions since 1945 have left generations living with cancer, birth defects, and contaminated land. Most were carried out in other countries and territories, without the knowledge or consent of the people who lived there.

Testing may have paused, but the spending hasn't. In 2025, nuclear-armed states spent a record $118.8 billion on these weapons — while climate finance falls almost $2 trillion short every year.

This is a crisis of priorities.

📖 Read the full story: https://www.wilpf.org/from-nuclear-testing-to-climate-breakdown-the-cost-of-misplaced-priorities/
✊ Join our Move the Money campaign, calling on governments to fund people and the planet, not weapons

WILPF has organised for disarmament for over a century. Donate today to help keep this work funded.

16/08/2026

New free course alert 📢

WILPF is part of a new global course from GRÓ GEST at the University of Iceland: Ending Violence Through Human Rights Advocacy — now live and free!

The course looks at how violence is shaped by inequality, militarisation, and gender norms, and how advocates can use human rights tools to drive change. Two members of WILPF's Mobilising Men for Feminist Peace Initiative are course instructors: Dean Peacock, former Director of the Initiative, and Angelica Pino, its current Coordinator.

Enrol now: https://www.edx.org/learn/social-sciences/the-university-of-iceland-ending-violence-human-rights-frameworks

12/08/2026

This International Youth Day, we're asking a question that doesn't get asked enough: what do military budgets and the idea that "real men don't cry" have in common?

More than you'd think. Four young activists, Silvia Race and Lasana Diakhate of the Young WILPF Network, and Chirine Basbous and Anass Nassabein of the MenEngage Alliance Youth Reference Group, sat down with us to talk about how WILPF's Move the Money campaign and MenEngage's work on militarised masculinities connect.

Their answer, again and again: military spending survives because of an idea that strength means domination. Change the idea, and the money becomes easier to move. Move the money, and the idea starts to lose its grip.

Read what Silvia, Chirine, Lasana and Anass had to say →
https://www.wilpf.org/young-feminist-and-peace-activists-on-why-militarism-and-masculinity-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/

In Lebanon, the currency keeps losing value, but weapons money never runs short. In Senegal, families choose between a stalled economy and the wage an armed group offers their sons. […]

06/08/2026

Nuclear weapons were never designed to keep us safe — ask the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

81 years on, their voices are still the clearest testimony to what these weapons truly do.

Militarisation doesn't protect us. Instead, it destroy lives and leaves consequences that last generations. Yet, governments keep choosing weapons over people.

It's time to change that. Join WILPF's Move the Money campaign!

01/08/2026

Every year, trillions are poured into weapons, while the resources needed to guarantee healthcare, education, climate justice and human rights for all remain "unaffordable."

We stand with generations of pacifist feminists who have long rejected violence and war as solutions to conflict.

Swipe to see what our governments should be prioritising instead in order to achieve peace.

It's time to from war to peace, justice and human rights.



Sources: SIPRI Trends in World Military Expenditure (2026); UN World Food Programme, 2026 Global Outlook (via UN News, November 2025).