THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the weekend action to share visual messages for peace honouring of mothers and grandmothers working for peace and connecting with the anti-war roots of Mother’s Day! VOW members and peace activists took photos with their signs from east to west – some with a friend or family member and others at larger community …
Join us to honour mothers and grandmothers who continue to protect and preserve a planet entrusted to their care. Voice of Women for Peace invites peace activists across Canada and the globe to ‘choose your peace’ as we walk on May 7th and 8th. Walk with a friend or loved one or join us from home and take a photo. You …
WikiLeaks editor and publisher Julian Assange is facing a 175 year sentence for publishing truthful information in the public interest. His extradition is being sought by the current US administration for publishing US government documents which exposed war crimes and human rights abuses. The UK Supreme Court has now overruled a lower court decision and has sent Assange’s extradition request …
From Nova Scotia VOW ~ “Peace Knot Bombs” is a collective textile art work made by over 50 women from across Turtle Island. Initiated in Nova Scotia, the resulting banner memoralizes victims of military violence inflicted upon communities and families due to endless and accelerating armed conflicts. In a post Covid world, we hope to display the banner and raise …
VOW has joined organizations around the world in signing on to this year’s appeal for the Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), April 13th to May 12th. The statement begins: “This year, the world reaped the horrors of its investments in tools of war. The violence being perpetrated on people around the world at the hands of militarized …
Written by VOW Member kathrin winkler ~ Nova Scotia’s Maritime pride in her shipbuilding heritage has been called on to promote a new legacy for Lunenburg, according to CBC’s Brett Ruskin. The article entitled “Handcrafting history continues in Lunenburg as aerospace company builds parts for F-35 jet” implies that making jet parts in Lunenburg connects to the great Maritime tradition …
On April 6, 2022, a coalition of women’s, peace, labour, and civil society organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh expressing their united rejection of proposed increases to Canada’s military spending toward NATO’s 2% of GDP target. Find the letter & full list of signatories below:
Economies of Female: Expanding Care Work and Regeneration Through Disarmament. See the recording of our webinar below Canadian Voice of Women for Peace’s United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 66 Parallel Event. An inspiring discussion on how disarmament can transform our economies forward through diverting funds from carbon intensive weapons to climate change mitigation, regeneration and women’s empowerment. …
This petition initiated by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Coalition, Échec à la Guerre and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Petition is sponsored by Member of Parliament Alexandre Boulerice of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie of the New Democratic Party Caucus. Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: The accidental detonation of a single nuclear weapon would be catastrophic; Even a …
Written by VOW intern Nicole Kotnjek, Social Worker Student at Humber College Being military/ex-military can come with many mental health problems and just some of these include PTSD, depression, anxiety, insomnia, anger, mood disorders and more, but what is being done to help them treat these disorders? It has been proven that mental health is extremely underfunded, with only about …
