Honouring WILPF’s history, visions & persistence and its principles and aims to achieve a non-violent world without war, its members commit to:
1. Work in their community, with other NGOs, their governments, and the United Nations and its Specialised Agencies to bring about universal disarmament, full respect of human rights, political and social equity and cooperation with all people as the only way to achieve permanent peace based on justice and freedom.
2. Have a clear understanding of WILPF’s vision and mission as well as the programmes and actions that WILPF wishes to achieve (WILPF is a women’s and a feminist organisation and builds on individual goals while encompassing a holistic perspective).
3. Respond creatively to the demands placed on women by our society (taking into consideration the needs of each woman and the burden of gender stereotyping) and find ways to work with all women to achieve WILPF’s vision for a peaceful world.
4. Work for the fair distribution of the world’s resources to meet the basic needs of all.
5. Nurture one another in their efforts to live and model peace, building real communities as the basis of human security.
6. Strive to end all use of violence and military solutions.
7. Learn to listen to each other as well as to harness the power, resources and talents of the individual and therefore her contribution.
8.Respect human dignity and therefore each other’s reality and work.
9. Include, welcome and appreciate all WILPF women and their work, regardless of any differences.
10. Avoid all negative actions towards each other; be supportive, compassionate and frank in a non-confrontational manner, in the way they deal with one another (as is our duty under established UK law e.g., defamation, equality and criminal offences).
11. Help WILPF to be democratic in its process and structure.
12. Meet challenges in a dynamic and courageous manner.
13. Ensure that WILPF has a strong conflict resolution process incorporated in its culture and be a learning organisation in which an ethos of reflection, evaluation, negotiation, mediation, empathy, cohesion and enlightened as well as peaceful actions can flourish.
14. Work proficiently and effectively in decision making and priority setting and create an environment which is fun and nurturing as well as constructive and innovative (in accordance with WILPF’s vision and ethics).
15. Endeavour to make WILPF resilient and financially secure (in accordance with WILPF ethics) so that the members and organisation can be effective in initiating and implementing sustainable projects and collaborating with other like-minded NGOs
Further revision following agreement at the March Executive Meeting 2021
Paula Shaw Secretary WILPF UK 14/3/2021
