by WILPF Australia | Oct 22, 2024 | Demilitarisation, Women Leading for Peace
WILPF Australia President, Margaret Reynolds, has joined with other prominent Australians to write a letter of support to UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. Now we invite you to add your name to the letter. Antonio GuterresSecretary General of the United...
by WILPF Australia | Sep 21, 2023 | Demilitarisation, Education, Uncategorized
To mark the United Nations International Day of Peace we call on Defence Minister, Richard Marles, to cancel the Schools Nuclear Powered Propulsion Challenge. Recently the Australian Education Union passed a motion saying that: “A politicised pro-AUKUS...
by WILPF Australia | Jul 11, 2023 | Demilitarisation, Disarmament, Education, Peace, Women Leading for Peace
In March this year, the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, along with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, unveiled a $368-billion-dollar plan detailing Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines over the next thirty...
by WILPF Australia | Jun 28, 2023 | Demilitarisation, Disarmament, Militarisation, Peace
“Australia has been committed to overseas peace building more frequently than it has participated in overseas wars. Yet our national narrative of war is far more well known than the detail of our humanitarian efforts to prevent conflict.” Margaret Reynolds...
by WILPF Australia | Jun 15, 2023 | Demilitarisation, Disarmament, Women Leading for Peace
WILPF has submitted several recommendations to a Senate Select Committee for Australia’s Disaster Resilience regarding the possible reforms to be made to the Australian Governments disaster relief processes. The submission draws on a research report published by...
by WILPF Australia | Apr 29, 2023 | Demilitarisation, Militarisation, Militarism, Peace, Uncategorized, Women Leading for Peace
WILPF has submitted a letter to the Australian Government regarding the possible reforms to be made to current Defence legislation, addressing the changes and how the proposal will actually affect us. You can find more information about the reform here. We write...
