2001: WILPF launches the PeaceWomen project to monitor the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and advocate for its full and rapid implementation.
2001: WILPF sends a delegation to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.
2002: WILPF sends delegations to Israel, Palestine and Iraq.
2002: WILPF sends a delegation to the World Social Forum, in Porto Alegre, Brazil to primarily advocate for greater activism and analysis on the links between armed conflict and social and economic justice.
2002: WILPF takes an active role at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, notably during the Peace and Women’s Caucuses.
2003: WILPF members join millions around the world during massive street protests against the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Anti-War street protest in the UK
2003: The Dutch Section of WILPF organises an expert meeting about the gender perspectives within peace and security operations in Europe, especially within the European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2004: WILPF sponsors indigenous leader Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez to come to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Conference to speak about how the nuclear fuel cycle impacts indigenous communities.
Kathy Wan Povi
2005: More than twenty WILPF women are nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their involvement in the 1000 Peace Women Around the Globe project.
2005: WILPF, through its Reaching Critical Will project, serves as the primary NGO liaison during the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference– producing daily newsletters, hosting daily informal governmental briefings for NGOs, and organising and facilitating countless side events.
2001: UN Asia Pacific Regional Disarmament Conference held in Wellington, with WILPF members involved in organising, especially Young WILPF.
2003: Ruth Russell from WILPF Australia goes to Iraq on a mission to speak and report on behalf of those opposed to the war.
2011: WILPF Australia participates in the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women.
YWILPF delegates at WLPF Triennial Conference in Sydney, May 2012.
2005: Recognising the importance of age in a woman’s life experience, and the need to bring WILPF’s aims and principles to new generations, Young WILPF is born in 2005. Today, the Young WILPF Network is a global movement of young women involved in supporting the objectives of WILPF’s 100-year-old feminist peace movement.
Group photo from the Young WILPF Conference in Stockholm.
Spring 2012: One year after the uprisings in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, WILPF begins the ‘MENA Agenda 1325′ project in order to draw attention to discrimination against women, and support efforts to reinforce peace and security in the region.
October 2013: Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) features the review of Colombia, endorsing WILPF’s advocacy on the participation of women in the Colombian peace process. The committee also asked for a fast implementation of recommendations on the inclusion of women in the peace process, as well as the protection of women’s rights defenders.
1 December 2013: Annual General Assembly – WILPF France
24 March 2013: WILPF Nepal holds discussion on the Arms Trade Treaty and the need to take initiatives on how to prevent armed gender based violence against women and girls.
2013: President of WILPF Nepal organises nation-wide campaign to create awareness for the 100th Anniverary on April 28, 2015. The campaign included travel to Dailekh, Surkhet, Banke, and Bardiya.
December 2013: PeaceWomen launch its National Action Plan (NAP) Development Toolkit.
December 2013: PeaceWomen launch its expanded second edition of the Women, Peace and Security mobile application.
January 2011: PeaceWomen launch the first ever Women, Peace and Security iPhone mobile application.
2010: WILPF PeaceWomen program is founded.
October 2012: PeaceWomen launch their second edition of the Women, Peace and Security Handbook.
October 2012: WILPF launches a new and modernized international website, which integrates social media and blogs.
Kathy Wan Povi
