NOVA SCOTIA
NSVOW (The Nova Scotia Voice of Women) is a local chapter of the Canadian VOW.
VOW (Canadian Voice of Women for Peace) works locally, nationally, and internationally on issues related to peace, social justice, human rights, and development with the mandate to promote the full inclusion of women in decision-making at all levels of society. NSVOW (Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace) is a local chapter of the Canadian VOW.
What we do:
- Peace Education
- Peace Advocacy
- White Poppies for Peace
- Peace Vigils and Demonstrations
- Networking
NSVOW has demonstrated against war and the preparation for war, military spending, created and run a PeacemakeHers Camp, written op-eds and letters to the editor, created a Peace Day for Hiroshima Day, joined peace marches, been involved in anti-racism and indigenous reconciliation work, attended United Nations Conferences on the Status of Women, advocated for Canada to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and has created a “Peace Knot Bombs” banner, with beautifully stitched contributions from women across Turtle Island, commemorating the Yemeni children killed by a bomb made by Lockheed Martin.
Read A Walk Down Memory Lane written by former NSVOW members Linda MacDonald and Jeanne Sarson. You may also be interested in Frances Early’s essay “A Grandly Subversive Time: The Halifax Branch of the Voice of Women in the 1960’s.” published in Mothers of the Municipality: Women, Work, and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax, eds. Judith Fingard and Janet Guildford.
Since their first meeting in Muriel’s living room in the 1960s, Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace have been positive and vocal advocates for change.
If you or your organization are interested in working with NSVOW, please contact us. We welcome your ideas, your energy, and your enthusiasm.
Check out NSVOW’s website here.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Salt Springs Island is a local chapter of VOW.
ALBERTA
Calgary is a local chapter of VOW.