International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament: Prioritise Lives, Not Weapons!
WILPF's statement for the 2021 International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament.
75th Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration
Remarks by Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF); International Steering Group Representative of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons commemoration of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 6 August 2020.
WILPF International Secretariat Statement on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
The WILPF International Secretariat issued the following statement in 2020 response to the epidemic of racist police brutality in the United States and globally.
Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender and Disarmament to the 2019 UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security
The following statement was drafted by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and endorsed by several NGOs (see below for list). It was delivered to the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security on 18 October 2019.
WILPF Statement to the Vienna Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare
WILPF delivered this statement to the Vienna Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare hosted by the government of Austria from 1 to 2 October 2019.
2019 International Day of Peace
The following is a presentation delivered by Reaching Critical Will’s Director, Ray Acheson, at an event to commemorate the International Day of Peace hosted by Black Rose Books on 21 September 2019 in Montreal, Canada.
WILPF Statement to the Open-Ended Working Group on Information and Communication Technologies
WILPF delivered the following statement to the September session of the Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security.
WILPF Statement to the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on Treaty Implementation
WILPF delivered the following statement to the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty's consideration of issues related to gender and gender-based violence on 28 August 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
WILPF Statement to the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on Gender-Based Violence
WILPF delivered the following statement to the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty's consideration of issues related to gender and gender-based violence on 26 August 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
74th Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration
The following is a presentation delivered by Reaching Critical Will’s Director, Ray Acheson, at an event to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki hosted by the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day Coalition on 6 August 2019 in Toronto, Canada.
WILPF Statement to the Second Preparatory Meeting of the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
This statement was delivered at the second preparatory meetings for the Fifth Conference of States Parties (CSP5) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on 5 April 2019.
WILPF Statement to the First Informal Preparatory Committee for the Fifth Conference of States Parties (CSP5) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
WILPF delivered this statement to the First Informal Preparatory Committee for the Fifth Conference of States Parties (CSP5) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in February 2019.
Presentation on Gender, Weapons, and Power: The Importance of Feminism for Disarmament
The following is a presentation delivered by Reaching Critical Will’s Director, Ray Acheson, at an event hosted by the London School of Economics' Centre for Women, Peace and Security on "Women and Weapons" on 13 December 2018. The audio of the full panel event is available on Soundcloud.
Joint Civil Society Statement on Cyber and Human Security to the 2018 First Committee
The following statement was delivered by Allison Pytlak, Manager of the Reaching Critical Will programme of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, at the 2018 UNGA First Committee in New York on 18 October 2018.
Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender to 2018 First Committee
The following statement was delivered by Gabriella Irsten of WILPF Sweden, at the 2018 UNGA First Committee in New York on 18 October 2018.
ICAN Statement to the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
The following statement was delivered by Ray Acheson, Director of the Reaching Critical Will programme of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and representative on the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), to the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York on 26 September 2018.
WILPF Statement to the 2018 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
WILPF delivered this statement to the 2018 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems.
Presentation on Gender Norms and Gun Violence
The following is a presentation delivered by Reaching Critical Will’s Director, Ray Acheson, at a side event hosted by the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) on 26 June 2018 on the margins of the Third Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. The event launched IANSA’s “Call to Action on Gender and Small Arms and Light Weapons,” to which WILPF contributed.
WILPF Statement to the 2018 NPT Preparatory Committee
The following statement was delivered by Allison Pytlak, Manager of the Reaching Critical Will programme of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, at the 2018 NPT Preparatory Committee in Geneva on 25 April 2018.