Recently added articles from Peace and Freedom:
Marilyn Clement.(Obituary)(Brief article)
Sep 22, 2009 ... As we went to press we learned of the passing of WILPF's former executive director Marilyn Clement. This remembrance was written with the help of Marilyn's friends and colleagues, who sent fond messages and tributes. Marilyn served as WILPF's director from 1994-1997. She promoted the 1995 ...
Human rights for women.(International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women)
Sep 22, 2009; ... In December, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) will turn 30 years old. Now ratified by 186 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, CEDAW's provisions securing equal rights for women have not been ratified by the ...
Gaza, Bil'in and the West Bank: Who Profits?(Essay)
Sep 22, 2009; ... On March 7, 2009 I entered Gaza through the Rafah, Egypt crossing with an international delegation organized by Code Pink Women for Peace. I went to show solidarity and to protest the cruel isolation of 1.5 million Gazan people. Gaza is like a prison, with air, land and water ...
Feminist ethics of care: WILPF in Israel/Palestine (1945-1975).
Sep 22, 2009; ... In 1915, more than eleven hundred women from two continents at war met in The Hague with the ambitious goal of stopping the conflict. They established the International Congress of Women for Permanent Peace and appointed seven envoys who traveled to belligerent governments pressing for the ...
A visit to the West Bank.(a mother's account of her visit to West Bank)(Essay)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Editor's Note: The following article is a report from WILPF member Elenita Muniz, who traveled to Jerusalem this past spring. Muniz was there to visit her daughter Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm (called "Mica" here), where she was serving as the Public Affairs officer at the U.S. Consulate ....