President Andrea Albutt, March 23, 2020Prison Governors Association Room LG.27Ministry of Justice102 Petty FranceLONDONSW1H 9AJ Via email Dear President Albutt: Julian Assange – Extreme COVID-19 Risk We, the National Board Members of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace are writing to you as concerned global citizens and expressly request the immediate release of Julian Assange from Belmarsh Prison. With the rapidly growing spread …
Awards
Ursula Franklin Award for Distinction We honour one woman for showing compassionate leadership through their peace activism. Urusla Franklin (1908-2009) was a pioneer feminist, pacifist, scientist, and social justice fighter. She was one of the most prominent members of Canada’s Feminist Peace Movement and a founding member of VOW. Muriel Duckworth showed women how to become leaders. For more than 60 years, she …
Co-Chair Hannah Hadikin’s Letter to the editor on the “Long, sad, history of sexual violence in warfare”
To read the article please follow this link to Castlegar news and go to page 4 .
CHALLENGING MILITARIZED SECURITY: DELEGITIMIZATION OF WAR
2014 Commission on Status of Women (CSW 58):CHALLENGING MILITARIZED SECURITY:DELEGITIMIZATION OF WARViolence against women is and always has been integral to war and all armed conflict. It pervades all forms of militarism. It is likely to endure so long as the institution of war is a legally sanctioned instrument of state, so long as arms are the means to political, …
VOW delivers a message to the Israeli Ambassador in Ottawa
July 24, 2014 Dear Ambassador, The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is extremely concerned about the extremely destructive attacks taking place almost entirely within Gaza killing, wounding and traumatizing so many. We recognize the trauma that rocket attacks into Israel are causing, and regret Israeli military and civilian deaths; however, we do not believe that the hundreds of deaths …
Letter to MP Christia Freeland
Hon. Chrystia Freeland, MPMinister of Foreign AffairsGlobal Affairs Canada125 Sussex DriveOttawa, ON K1A 0G2 Re: Our opposition to Canada’s closing its embassy in Venezuela Dear Minister Freeland, We, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), have demonstrated outside your office and have delivered a letter to you every month this year to express our opposition to the Government of Canada’s illegal interference and sanctions …
Voice of Somali Women for Peace, Reconciliation and Political rights.
Mogadishu, 25 February 2020 – Somalia’s federal electoral law has now been approved by the House of the People and was signed into law by the President on 20 February. This law is part of the essential electoral legislative framework required so one-person-one-vote national elections that allow as many citizens as possible to vote can take place on time. While this …
#NoWar2020 Conference, May 26-31
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is so excited to partner with World Beyond War and other inspiring peace organizations and activists for 6 days of Peace Leadership Training. Converging on Ottawa this May 26-31 for the #NoWar2020 Conference to say NO to CANSEC, Canada’s biggest annual weapons expo. #CancelCANSEC. We will also be celebrating our 60 years of peace …
The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace’s United Nations 64th Commission on the Status of Women Delegation has been chosen!
We thank everyone who shared and applied to our delegation. Please stay tuned for updates on our journey to New York in March!
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Statement on the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran
On January 3, the United States assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani with a drone strike. He was killed along with Iraqi military leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and eight others near the Baghdad airport in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has stated that Soleimani was on his way to meet to discuss ways to ease regional tensions. The leaders of …