The Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice, will take place from 15–21 September 2025. The theme this year is divest from war – invest in the just transition. This is an open invitation to groups and individuals around the world, encouraging you to organise new or promote existing actions, materials and research in response to the […]
The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access. The day […]
The General Assembly commemorates 26 September as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This Day provides an occasion for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as a priority. It provides an opportunity to educate the public - and their leaders - about the real benefits of […]
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK (WILPF UK) invite you, your colleagues, members and networks to join our next webinar to hear from guest speaker Dr Sophia Close, Gender, peace and security consultant and WILPF UK Company Secretary, to learn about and discuss how we can use our feminist lens to reclaim the […]
Open to: WILPF members (intergenerational working group open to members of all ages) Description: The coordination group of the Disarmament and Demilitarisation Working Group is pleased to invite you to a global call to launch the new working group. You are all invited to join us to! Agenda of the meeting: Welcome & Introduction The Young […]
Saturday 1st November 2-5pm at 5 Caledonian Road in London. Come and join our first ideas session to develop our Degrowth / Just Transition campaign. It would be great to see you. This workshop will be to collate initial ideas on what are the key aspects for us of such a broad subject. What do […]
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, […]
