WILPF
and JAPA
The
Jane Addams Peace Association (JAPA) is the 501(c)3 educational
affiliate of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), founded in 1915 with Jane
Addams as its first president. Jane Addams was the first American
woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, which she received in 1931.
The Jane Addams Peace Association
is located at 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, New York
City, NY 10017; telephone 212-682-8830; fax 212-286-8211; email: japa@igc.org.
WILPF
International
The
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is the oldest and
largest women's peace organization in the world. Founded in 1915 by
women who met in the Hague, who were organizing to stop the ravages
of war in the midst of World War I. WILPF has been working ever since
to end war and to cultivate a lasting and just peace.
WILPF International is headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland. Our offices are directly across from the United Nation's
Palais des Nations.
For more information, see our website at www.wilpf.int.ch.
WILPF
United Nations Office
The
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United Nations
(WILPF UN) office is located in the same space as the JAPA office.
WILPF
UN is staffed by a Director and by a number of project interns. The
two main projects of the WILPF UN are Reaching
Critical Will and Peacewomen.
Both of these exciting and important projects address the role and
special needs of women, and represent women's concerns in a wide variety
of international disarmament, security and related fora.
WILPF
United States section
The
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States
section (WILPF US) office is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For more information on the U.S. section of
WILPF see www.wilpf.org.
The U.S. section has branches in many cities
across the United States. Contact the WILPF US Section at (215) 563-7110
to find a branch in your area.
