Tag: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Australia
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MEDIA RELEASE RE AUKUS: Major Defence Contract Should wait for Public and Parliamentary Approval
MEDIA RELEASE: AUKUS 26 November 2021 MAJOR DEFENCE CONTRACT SHOULD WAIT FOR PUBLIC AND PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL Recent statements by the Defence Minister, Peter Dutton that he is proceeding with his commitment to the AUKUS contract with the United States and United Kingdom to introduce nuclear submarines to the forward planning of the Australian Defence Department…
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“We Want YOU!” to help us in Australia’s demilitarisation
Just over a century ago, the notorious Uncle Sam appeared on posters around the United States, encouraging young men to join the United States’ army in a veiled performance of patriotism. The two World Wars saw Australia follow Great Britain into a cumulative ten years of devastation and heartbreak, which would be glorified as a…
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WILPF Australia launched its demilitarisation campaign
WILPF Australia launched its demilitarisation campaign on Thursday, 28 October 2021 – during the UN International Week of Disarmament – with a webinar analysing the increased normalisation of militarisation in Australia. The webinar was underpinned by a ground-breaking report released by WILPF in May of this year, Militarisation in Australia: Normalisation and Mythology, which dissects…
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WILPF urges immediate action by the Australian Government to alleviate the suffering of the Afghani people
Submission to the Senate Foreign affairs Defence and Trade References Committee, October 2021 Introduction to WILPF WILPF is an international feminist organisation established in opposition to World War 1 in the Hague in 1915. We work in 37 countries to bring together women of different political, cultural and religious beliefs and advocate for peace and…
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Women, Peace and Security and the End of the Korean War – what are the lessons?
On the Korean peninsula, women activists, religious groups, domestic and international civil society organisations have been working together for reconciliation for over seven decades to bring about the end of the Korean War. While the guns may have ceased firing 68 years ago, the “war” continues, and today the Korean peninsula continues to be affected…
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Footpath Demonstration for Maralinga and to Bring Back the Brisbane Nuclear Free Zone Signs
WILPF Qld members and other Brisbane peace groups held a footpath demonstration for Maralinga and to bring back the Brisbane Nuclear Free Zone Signs. Sixty-five years ago, on the 27th of September 1956, British forces began the atomic bombing of the Anangu peoples and their land at Maralinga. The following 2021 commemorative speech was given…
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WILPF’s Margaret Reynolds on International Peace Day and nuclear-powered submarines – ABC Radio interview
WILPF Tasmania President and former Australian senator Margaret Reynolds talks to ABC Northern Tasmania Drive’s Kim Napier on International Peace Day about the Morrison government’s radical decision to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine fleet. KIM NAPIER: Today marks UN International Day of Peace, and Australia’s leading women’s peace organisation is calling on the federal government to…
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It’s Time to End the Korean War
WILPF Statement for International Day of Peace 2021 Over 70 years after the Korean War first ignited, a formal peace agreement has yet to be reached – meaning the war that wreaked havoc on the Koreas, with four million casualties and 10 million families separated, continues to this day. This International Day of Peace, the…
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WILPF Australia Media Release
16 September 2021 WILPF Australia calls for urgent public scrutiny into Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines The announcement today that Australia will purchase and manufacture nuclear powered submarines is further evidence of rapid and dangerous militarisation that has not been tested on public opinion. It suggests further adventurism with the United States on yet another…
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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Canberra 2021
A moving ceremony was held on Saturday 7 August at the Canberra Rotary World Peace Bell to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Conducted by the Rotaract Clubs of Brindabella and the University of Canberra, the ceremony opened with a song from the Australian Military Women’s Choir as Canberra school children presented paper cranes they had folded…