Welcome to WILPF Vancouver!

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest women’s peace organisation in the world. It was founded in April 1915, in the Hague, the Netherlands, by some 1300 women from Europe and North America who came together to protest the killing and destruction of the war then raging in Europe. It is now an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with National Sections in 35 countries, covering all continents. WILPF Canada has branches in Toronto, Vancouver, Nanaimo, and the Sunshine Coast.

Its goals are to bring together women of different political beliefs and philosophies who are united in their determination to study, make known and help abolish the causes and the legitimization of war; and to work toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict and their substitution in every case of negotiation and conciliation; the strengthening of the United Nations system; the continuous development and implementation of international law; political and social equality and economic equity; co-operation among all people; and an environmentally sustainable development.

WILPF Vancouver meets on the fourth Saturday of every month (except July and August), at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 49th Avenue West (49th and Oak), at 10:30 AM 12:00 PM. map

Everyone is welcome. If you are interested in joining, branch membership dues are $35/year. Contact Marjorie Buchanan (604 687-1692), mbpeace7@gmail.com.  For more about WILPF, its history, goals and activities, visit WILPF International.