The National Alternative Remembrance Ceremony takes place every year on Remembrance Sunday in Tavistock Square, London. Following speeches, those attending observe two minutes' silence and white poppy wreaths are laid on the Conscientious Objectors' Commemorative Stone, in memory of all victims of war, both civilian and military, past and present. With speakers including: - Sir […]
Please join us for the an Alternative Remembrance Ceremony in Brighton, to remember all victims of war, both civilian and military. We have a speaker from the Quaker community, Vivien Ross, and shall have tea and biscuits before taking our Peace Poppy Wreath to the War Memorial. All are welcome.
The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The premise of the day is to raise awareness around the world that women are subjected to sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is […]
Abya Yala has become a central territory in the U.S. war geopolitics. Under narratives like the “war on drugs” and “hemispheric security,” militarisation and territorial control continue to expand, reinforced by right-wing governments aligned with U.S. militarist policies. This increasingly aggressive deployment turns security into a tool of social control, justifying surveillance, criminalisation of movements, […]
WILPF Brighton and We Are The Tree diaspora women's group are co-hosting this seminar to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Countless women and girls are displaced every day. Often, they have been used in a systematic way as weapons in war zones, or they face unseen forms of violence […]
Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on 10 December. This date honors the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.
Join us on Saturday 17 January from 2pm in the basement of Houseman's Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road for our get together and winter bazar. Come along to meet and chat with other WILPF members, and engage with all WILPF UK campaigns. In particular we are promoting anti-militarist, feminist, degrowth in 2026. You will also be […]
On 22nd January 2021 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force.
Join the monthly zoom meeting with our climate justice working group where we discuss our key campaigning priorities, upcoming events and activities. Everyone is welcome! Last Tuesday of every month at 9:30am. Contact ukwilpf.info@gmail.com for the zoom link.
