(New York) – The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with Norway, Germany, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Women’s...
The WILPF movement continues to grow with the formation of a new Group: WILPF Guinea. With a current membership of 11 feminists and counting, WILPF Guinea was established to advance Group members’...
More Than 60 Groups Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Mechanism (New York, December 2, 2021) – The United Nations General Assembly should act swiftly to establish an investigative...
Written by Abigail Brown “Life in Zabul is difficult...Zabul is one of those provinces where, unfortunately, not much progress has been made for women, neither by the government nor by NGOs; due to...
Thousands of Afghan refugees, along with other people seeking protection, find themselves stuck along the Balkan route in Europe. Their attempts to cross the borders into the European Union have been...
People of Afghanistan have long faced war, political upheaval, displacement, poverty, food insecurity, violence and gender-based violence, persecution, and violations of their human rights. These...
This year marks the 21st anniversary of United Nations Resolution 1325, which calls for the equal participation and involvement of women in peace and security efforts. Yet Afghan women continue to be...
As a group of regional and international organizations, we express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders as Israel continues to escalate its attacks to shut...
To: The Secretary-General, United Nations, New York Permanent Representatives of Member States to the United Nations, New York and Geneva It has been said and repeated. From the United Nations...
Together with Afghan human rights activists, humanitarian organisations, and civil society activists around the world, WILPF is urgently calling on the international community to use an effective and...