By Sarah Rohleder, VOW Peace Campaign Intern — Over the past few weeks activists have been working to highlight the intersection of militarization and climate change that governments around the world seem eager to forget about. This link is evident in many countries across the world as they are facing the devastating effects of climate change in addition to the …
VOW and WILPF Canada recently sent a letter to the Minister of Environment & Climate Change expressing concerns about carbon-intensive military procurement and rising military expenditures in the midst of a climate emergency and calling for for ending the war, cutting military spending for climate finance, demilitarization for decarbonization and gender-responsive climate action. “VOW and WILPF also want to bring to your …
The sixty-seventh Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place from 6 to 17 March 2023 at the UN Headquarters in New York City, and the call for applications has officially started. Apply by December 15th 2022 to attend with VOW! 2023 is set to be the first year of in-person UNCSW Conference since before the pandemic! The …
By Anjali Rao, VOW Student Intern — Last Saturday, October 29, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) hosted its Youth Panel and Annual General Meeting to gather members from all across the country to check in on our movement. Over Zoom, we had the pleasure of hearing from our exceptional youth panel, many VOW members, and the VOW …
At the Annual General Meeting on October 29th, VOW members received the most recent Annual Report which reviews and summarizes VOW’s mission-focused activities and administrative operations over the past year. VOW’s main activities are organized by theme: Advocacy Action, Peace Education & Outreach, and United Nations Engagement. Read all the details!
Our fall fundraising campaign continues with all donations matched if they are received before December 31st! We are immensely grateful to long-time VOW member and former Canadian Senator Nancy Ruth who has committed to match $6,000 in new donations to VOW. Can you help us meet that goal? Nancy will double your gift. We must raise $6,000 for a strong …
Did you miss the Youth Panel on Peace, Disarmament & Climate Justice that VOW hosted on October 29th? These four inspiring presentations were the opening to our 2022 Annual General Meeting. You can watch the panel on VOW’s YouTube channel now to hear how Kasha Sequoia Slavner, Sarah Rohleder, Anjali Rao and Lia Holla are sharing their knowledge, challenging the …
October is Women’s History Month! VOW went back into the archives and found this amazing 1987 article “Persistent Voices: Twenty Five Years of the Voice of Women” written by Kay MacPherson, VOW’s national coordinator. The article describes VOW’s baby tooth campaign for nuclear disarmament, War Toys collection, peace delegation to the Soviet Union and the knitting project for Vietnamese children …
Register to attend and please spread the word! On Saturday October 29th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, VOW is hosting a Youth Panel on Peace, Disarmament & Climate Justice at our upcoming Annual General Meeting, moderated by Tamara Lorincz, VOW Senior Researcher & Campaigner and featuring: Lia Holla, Executive Coordinator, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada Kasha Sequoia …
October 15th to 23rd is the #FundPeaceNotWar Canada Week of Action, where we will demand no new fighter jets, warships or drones! We need billions for housing, health care, jobs and climate, NOT for war profiteering! So far, rallies have been confirmed in: Waterloo, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, South Georgian Bay, Vancouver, Hamilton, Calgary and Winnipeg. For more information and for …
