Mobilising for peace and freedom: from aspiration to lasting change.

By Madeleine Rees

The 2015 WILPF manifesto outlined how those who choose peace over conflict must act, and recognises that negotiations on a treaty making transnational corporations accountable for violation of human rights is part of the way forward.

In 2014, Cynthia Cockburn wrote the first article in the 12-month lead up to the 100th anniversary of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).