Written in collaboration by Canadian Voice of Women for Peace & Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada ________________________________________________________________________________ “From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says, “Disarm, disarm! The sword is not the balance of justice.” -Julia Ward Howe, American author and peace activist, 1819-1910 In 1870, Julia Ward Howe …
Hello! My name is Alley McDonald, and I am honoured to be the new National Coordinator of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. I am a peace practitioner with previous experiences working with feminist and peace focused organizations that represent my values, and I am grateful to be able to continue this work with VOW. I recently graduated from the Masters …
Photo Credit: Jacqueline Burgoyne By Marney Cuff; MRT(R),MSW-POLICY, VOW Lead for the UNCSW67 _______________________________________________________________________ Earlier this year (March 6 to 17) women from across the globe came together for the first in-person Commission on the Status of Women 67 at United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan since 2019. During COVID pandemic years the CSW was held as a completely virtual event. …
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 …
