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Feminist Leadership in Disarmament
February 17, 2021
On 17 February, the SCRAP Weapons team at SOAS University of London proudly started off the webinar series on Feminist Leadership in disarmament. The webinar series focuses on women and feminist perspectives in disarmament. We are excited to be hosting leading experts from the international disarmament, non-proliferation and peace-building community. The webinars intend to provide critical and in depth insight into the experiences and achievements of female figures working in the field.
The opening webinar, “Feminist Leadership in Disarmament”, offered a thorough introduction to women and feminist perspectives in disarmament and peace-building, highlighting critical contributions that leading women figures have made. This webinar touched on thematic topics that will be further elaborated on in our coming webinars.
Panelists for the first webinar included:
Charlene Roopnarine – International Relations Officer at the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago; Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations
Christine Ahn – Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Cross DMZ; Co-founder of the Korea Peace Network
Folade Mutota – Executive Director of the Women’s Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD), based in Trinidad and Tobago; Coordinator of the Caribbean Coalition for Development and the Reduction of Armed Violence (CDRAV)
Ray Acheson – Director of Reaching Critical Will (RCW): Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Rebecca E. Johnson – Founder and Director of Acronym Institute for Disarmament and Diplomacy; The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Path to Peace Report Launch Press Conference
February 2, 2021
On February 2, 2021, Korea Peace Now! — a global coalition of women’s peace organizations — released a new report, Path to Peace: The Case for a Peace Agreement to End the Korean War, which explores how a peace-first approach can resolve the security crisis on the Korean Peninsula. The report makes the case that a peace agreement would lower tensions and make room for progress on issues such as improved human rights and denuclearization. It also argues for women’s inclusion in the peace process.
Rep. Marilyn Strickland speaks at the Korea Peace Summit 2021
January 21, 2021
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) spoke to participants of the Korea Peace Summit (Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, and Peace Treaty Now) on January 21, 2021.
Militarization, Killer Robots, and the Korean Peninsula: The Case for Peace
December 14, 2020
On December 14, 2020, the transnational feminist campaign Korea Peace Now! hosted this discussion about killer robots in South Korea: what they are, why you should care, and how ending the Korean War can help stop them.
Speakers:
- Ray Acheson, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
- YouKyoung Ko, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
- Youngmi Cho, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace
- Moderated by Catherine Killough, Women Cross DMZ
This #GivingTuesday, Help Bring Peace to Korea
December 1, 2020
Since officially launching five years ago, Women Cross DMZ has been leading the calls for an official end to the Korean War, the signing of a peace agreement, and women’s inclusion in the peace process.
This #GivingTuesday, on our five-year anniversary, will you make a donation to help us reach our end-of-year goal of $5,000?
Here’s a brief video recapping our game-changing work:
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