By Sarah Rohleder, VOW Disarmament Campaign Intern — This past International Day of Peace, we were invited to recognize the racism within our own communities that threaten peace and security, with the theme “End racism. Build peace.” For we cannot adequately handle other issues until we face the inequality permeating in our own societies. To address these issues, we must …
VOW and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) Canada recently held a meeting with Senator Mobina Jaffer and met in August with Senator Marilou McPhedran. We discussed our concerns about the rise of military spending in Canada, the federal government sending weapons to Ukraine and prolonging the war, and Canada’s failure to join the Treaty on the …
VOW and other members of the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network have published a statement and call to action for International Peace Day 2022. You can read the statement online and find a listing of Peace Day events happening in the week around September 21st all across Canada! CEASEFIRES AND NEGOTIATIONS NOW! DISARM NOW! BAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS! On United Nations …
VOW and WILPF Canada members recently had a virtual meeting with Senator Marilou McPhedran to discuss our concerns about the federal government continuing to send weapons to Ukraine that is prolonging the tragic war. We also highlighted Canada’s failure to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and our concerns about buying fighter jets and increasing military spending. We …
VOW and WILPF Canada recently wrote to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and other Members of Parliament and Senators. The letters requested meetings and advocated for Canada to end the war in Ukraine, ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, reduce military spending, prioritize diplomacy and disarmament, and promote the Women Peace and Security agenda. “We are concerned that …
Add your name to the petition to cancel the dangerous, provocative and destructive international Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval war practice and create a demilitarized Pan-Pacific Zone of Peace. VOW is one of many peace and justice organizations supporting this campaign. The petition page has lots of background and some links to videos and as well news from activists in the area.
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The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Science for Peace are looking to hire a PAID peace campaign intern! This peace campaign internship is a part-time (10 hrs/week for $20/hr), 5-month internship contract through the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW). Deadline to apply is August 1, 2022. Apply online. The peace campaign intern will help work on our “Disarmament” …
VOW, together with individual members and organizational members of the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network, urges people across Canada to join us to protest the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and demand an end to the war in Ukraine between June 24 to June 30. We will be holding “Stop the Weapons, Stop the War, Stop NATO” rallies across Canada …
Time is running out for the Canadian government to send a delegation to the historic first meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The meeting will take place in Vienna, Austria from June 21st to the 23rd. Canada has no plans to attend and has not signed or ratified the treaty but could …
