Executive Committee Member
Helen’s earliest exposure to war atrocities (age 3) was asking an Auschwitz survivor friend of her German Jewish refugee parents about the number tattooed on his arm. She became politicised during the Aldermaston years and, in 1972, while working at the International Planned Parenthood Federation, became aware that its medical director was travelling to Bangladesh to perform abortions on women raped by soldiers.
As an editor passionate about plain English, her career focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights, as Publications Officer at the Family Planning Association and London Lighthouse before becoming a freelance editor.
She proudly carries CND and anti-war banners at demos and arms fair protests and the Jewish Socialists’ Group banner at the Gaza marches in support of Palestine; supports Veterans for Peace activists; attends Hiroshima Day and Women in Black Against Militarism and War vigils; campaigns for human rights and conscientious objection; organised a Deeds Not Words rally featuring suffragette descendant Helen Pankhurst; volunteers at her local library; and knits for refugees with Knit for Peace.
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If you have been a member of WILPF for more than six months and would like to be more involved, you could become a member of our Executive Committee. Members can be nominated for election or co-opted onto the Committee throughout the year if there are vacancies.
Members of the Executive Committee are expected to contribute throughout the year and attend Executive meetings. Matters which will not wait until the next meeting are dealt with by email discussion, and Executive Committee members are expected to respond.
Meetings are currently held on Zoom, and any member who is interested can join any meeting, whether or not they are a member of the Executive Committee. Try it and see if it is for you!
If you would like to know more about the Executive Committee or attend a meeting, please get in touch with the Secretary at ukwilpf.peace@gmail.com.
