We invite you to join us on Sunday January 29th, 2023 for “Youth Fighting for a Nuclear Free Future” a webinar event hosted by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) and Reverse the Trend (RTT). The event will feature Georgina Oroi, a youth campaigner for RTT Pacific, Francine Anmontha the Social media coordinator for RTT Pacific and Avinashpall Singh …
Please sign and share our parliamentary e-petition e-4217 to call on the Government of Canada to cancel its plan to purchase 88 new F-35 fighter jets for $70 billion over their life-cycle. The federal government should invest in a just transition, housing and health care not a new fleet of warplanes. Deadline is March 6.
VOW joins the peace community in mourning Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford who died suddenly on November 19th and who was a supporter of VOW’s work and an honorary board member. Read more about Mary-Wynne and leave a tribute comment at marywynneashford.ca.
First-Hand Observations from COP 27, Russia and Eastern EuropeTamara Lorincz, PhD candidate and member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF-Canada)Wednesday, December 7, 20224:30 PST/7:30 ET Register Online: Action Network On Wednesday, December 7th, Tamara will share her insights as an observer delegate at the 27th Conference of the …
From November 25th (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) until December 10th (Human Rights Day) is the Global 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence and VOW will be posting informational posts on social media throughout the 16 days. The posts will cover a variety of topics from violence against women in Canada, to violence against …
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!
