Links
Some projects and groups with which the Minnesota Metro Branch of WILPF is affiliated.
WILPF International
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) is the oldest women's peace organization in the world. It
is an international NGO with Sections in 37 countries, covering all
continents.
US WILPF
WILPF's U.S. section is based in Philadelphia and has 80 branches throughout the country.
Jane
Addams Peace Association
JAPA is the 501(c)(3) education affiliate and fiscal sponsor of WILPF. JAPA gives the Jane Addams Children's
Book Awards, which honor publications that effectively
promote peace, social justice, world community, and
equality of the sexes and races.
WILPF
at the United Nations
WILPF has had consultative status with
the UN through the Economic and Social Council since 1948. WILPF also
has Special Consultative Relations with the Food and Agricultural
Organization in Rome, the International Labor Organisation in Geneva
and the United Nations Children's Fund in New York. WILPF is represented
at UN headquarters in New York, in Geneva, and in Paris.
The PeaceWomen
Project
Monitors and works toward rapid
and full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution
1325 on women, peace and security. It is based in the WILPF UN Office
in New York.
Reaching
Critical Will
An initiative that started in 1999 to generate a critical mass of
political will around
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Since then, it has expanded
to provide primary resources and information around other disarmament
fora, namely the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and the First Committee on Disarmament and International
Security. It is based in the WILPF UN Office in New York.
Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers
Network of 60+ groups that aims to strengthen the effectiveness of Minnesota's peace and justice community through cooperation and collaboration.
Minnesota Women's Consortium
A unique statewide collaboration and resource center of 150+ member organizations serving to enhance equality and justice for women and children.
This page updated Sept. 2, 2006
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