Womens Intl League For Peace And Freedom

WILPF UNO'S MISSION IS TO END AND PREVENT WAR, ENSURE THAT WOMEN ARE REPRESENTED AT ALL LEVELS IN THE PEACE-BUILDING PROCESS, DEFEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN, AND PROMOTE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL JUSTICE.

REACHING CRITICAL WILL PROGRAM:IN 2021, RCW MARKED THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND ENGAGED IN PLANNING FOR THE TREATYS FORTHCOMING FIRST MEETING OF STATES PARTIES. RCW PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT, AND COORDINATING CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION FOR, THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATYS PLANNED REVIEW CONFERENCE IN 2022. RCW CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP KILLER ROBOTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK ON EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS TO ADVANCE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A TREATY PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS AND TO END THE USE OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS IN POPULATED AREAS. RCWS MONITORING OF OTHER FORUMS INCLUDING ON CYBER SECURITY, THE INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE, ILLICIT SMALL ARMS, AND THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WAS IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMATION-SHARING DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN ACCESS TO UN MEETINGS HAS BEEN RESTRICTED FOR CIVIL SOCIETY. RCW COLLABORATED WITH WILPFS HUMAN RIGHTS AND WPS TEAMS ON ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH AND FACILITATED A SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME FOR WILPF SECTIONS EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF MILITARISM ON THE ENVIRONMENT.WPS PROGRAMME:IN 2021, THE WILPF WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY (WPS) PROGRAMME ADVOCATED FOR FEMINIST PEACE, WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN PEACEMAKING, FEMINIST AND GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE WORK ON CONFLICT PREVENTION. THE PROGRAM ACTIVATED OUR WPS AGENDA THROUGH ADVOCACY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF GENDERED POWER AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION FOR WOMEN, CHALLENGING AND MONITORING MILITARISED THINKING, SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF WAR, CONTRIBUTING TO STRENGTHENING THE PEACE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE WILPF SECTIONS AND PARTNERS, AND ADVOCATING AND MONITORING ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF MULTILATERAL ACTIONS AND FORA. OUR ADVOCACY CONTRIBUTED TO A MORE SUSTAINED FOCUS ON PEACE AND CONFLICT PREVENTION AND THEIR INTERLINKAGES WITH THE WPS AGENDA AND THROUGHOUT FORA AT THE UN, AND WITH WOMEN PEACE LEADERS FROM AFGHANISTAN, CAMEROON, COLOMBIA, GHANA, LIBYA, PALESTINE, SYRIA, SRI LANKA AND YEMEN, AMONG OTHERS. OUR RESULTS WERE CRITICAL TO THE SHIFT TOWARDS INCREASED ATTENTION ON WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND PEACEBUILDERS AND REPRISALS AGAINST THEM FOR THEIR WORK WITH MEMBER STATES AND UN. UNO ADMIN:IN 2021, UNO ADMIN WORKED TO SUPPORT THE STAFF AND THE PROGRAMS BY STRENGTHENING THE ONLINE WORK PLATFORMS AND WEBSITE SECURITY. UNO ALSO ADMINISTERED THE FELLOWSHIP SPONSORED BY THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND SUPPORTED THE MENA AND SWPM WORK.