Women say No to NATO 2011

November 2011: anti-war and peace movement groups in Gemany and abroad are preparing for the Dec. 3-5 weekend of opposition to the war in Afghanistan (Afghanistan Conference Dec. 5, 2011).

April 2011:   A women's working group at the  No to war ­ No to NATO conference made a critique of the misuse by this military machinery of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

+  See: Feminist Critiques of Militarization working group

+  Statement adopted by the No-to-NATO annual conference:
     UNSC Resolution 1325 was not intended as a military tool.

+  The report of the women's pre-meeting

+  Cynthia Cockburn's paper for the feminist working group addresses the weaknesses in UNSC Resolution 1325 that permit its manipulative use by the military. NATO and UN Resolution 1325 (11 pages, pdf download)

 

March 2011:

Phyllis Bennis says: Don't "No-Fly" Libya

In early 2011 we received the following report on the workshop Feminism and Militarization by Kristine Karch (4 p. pdf). The workshop was held at the NATO counter-summit in Lisbon, Portugal, November 2010, as part of activities organized by the network No to war – no to NATO.

Women say No to NATO 2010


St. Martin's Church, London, 20 November 2010.
Photo: Cynthia Cockburn


Women at demonstration against NATO, Strasbourg, 2009
credit: (c) Erika Sulzer-Kleinemeier

2010: Women in the UK and Italy demonstrate against the NATO summit meeting in Lisbon, 20 November.

A women against NATO listserve is up and running. Women wanting to continue peace and justice work around (and against) NATO can participate in an e-mail listserve hosted by London-based GreenNet. Find subscription information here.Some women are planning to mark the next NATO summit, which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 19-21. Local actions are suggested. more

2009: A group of women opposed to NATO policy and the war in Afghanistan participated in the international conference and actions in Strasbourg, France at the time of the 60th anniversary of  NATO, April 3-5, 2009.
Click here for our pages about Strasbourg, a feminist analysis of NATO, and follow-up information.

See reports from an October 2009 meeting in Berlin where we participated.