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Aligning Canada’s Korea Policy with Its Feminist Vision
June 16, 2021
On June 15, 2021, the Canadian launch of the Korea Peace Now report “Path to Peace: The Case for a Peace Agreement to End the Korean War” was co-hosted by WPSN-C and Korea Peace Now!
Speakers included:
- Beth Woroniuk – Chair of the Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada
- Jacqueline O’Neill – Canadian Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security
- Patti Talbot – Global Partnership Team Lead, The United Church of Canada
- Youngmi Cho – Executive Director, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace, Korea.
- Youkyoung Ko – Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom consultant for the Korea Peace Now! Campaign
- Christine Ahn – Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ/ International Coordinator of Korea Peace Now!
- Senator Marilou McPhedran is a Canadian Senator
Biden’s Foreign Policy: Challenges, Stakes, Opportunities
June 10, 2021
On June 9, Christine Ahn, Joe Cirincione, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Cynthia Lazaroff discussed Biden’s foreign policy. These experts sounded the alarm on the militarization of US foreign policy, the human and financial costs, the Biden administration’s proposed $752.9 billion defense budget – an increase from the Trump years – along with the administration’s commitment to proceed with the estimated $1.5 trillion modernization of America’s nuclear arsenal over the next 15 years, which many experts believe will actually increase the risk of a nuclear confrontation.
2021 Women Leaders Conference for Peace/민주평화통일자문회의 여성평화회의
May 27, 2021
On May 27, 2021, at 2pm KT, the South Korean National Unification Advisory Council held the South Korean Women’s Leaders Conference for Peace.
Speakers included:
- Kang Kyung-wha, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea
- Graca Machel, Former First Lady of South Africa, Deputy Chair of the Elders and longtime United Nations conflict resolution leader
- Ann Wright, Veterans for Peace, Women Cross DMZ Board Member
DMZ Forum: From Grassroots to International Solidarity: Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives and Recommendations
May 22, 2021
<2021 DMZ Forum Plenary Session III> Hosted by Gyeonggi-do Province and the Northeast Asia Peace and Economy Association, the 2021 DMZ Forum @dmzforum2021 was held from May 21 to 22. The KWMP held a plenary session III, “From Grassroots to International Solidarity, Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives and Recommendations” to examine the practices and strategies for a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
Speakers:
- Youngmi Cho, Executive Director, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace, Research Professor, Chung Ang University (moderator)
- Christine Ahn, Executive Director, Women Cross DMZ
- US Congresswoman Barbara Lee
- Jieun Moon, Director, Gyeonggi Women’s Associated United
- Emma Leslie, Executive Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
- Youngsook Cho, Chair, International Solidarity Center of Korea, Women’s Associations United, Ambassador of Gender Equality, Republic of Korea
- Maria Butler, Director of Global Programmes, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
- Jaegang Lee, Vice-Governor for Peace, Gyeonggi Province
Why We Must Urge Peace with China and North Korea, with Hyun Lee and Author James Bradley
April 22, 2021
U.S. relations in the Western Pacific are at a crossroads, namely with China and the Koreas. The media presents China as a foe despite the U.S. spending nearly three times as much on the military and having 800 overseas military bases compared to one for China. Meanwhile the North Korean people struggle under U.S. sanctions’ effects. Inside the United States, things are bad too. Right-wing racist rhetoric has fueled anti-Asian sentiments which have resulted in numerous violent attacks against Asian-Americans.
This must change. And it starts with policy.
On Thursday, April 22, at 5 pm PT | 8 pm ET, RootsAction.org invited peace activist Hyun Lee and author James Bradley for a discussion and Q&A on U.S. relations with China and the Koreas, and why a peaceful diplomatic approach in the Western Pacific is beneficial to regular people on both sides of the Pacific.
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