WILPF UK Blog is here

Congratulations UK WILPF. First, a drastic update to the WILPF website, now an interactive blog for all of our members (and non members alike) to contribute and comment on WILPF campaigns and current issues.

My name is Talyn Rahman - YWILPF Coordinator for the UK - and it gives me great pleasure to create this blog. I joined WILPF due to its incredible long history (94 years and running) but its interaction with the United Nations and 37 other countries. For those who know nothing about politics and grassroot campaigning, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is an excellent start. Many are skeptical with why a women's organisation still exists today.

In the UK, we have democracy, great paid jobs, social services etc. What more can we ask for? Things may have improved since 1915, but new issues have arised. Now we are faced with the threat of a new Cold War, women's rights in developing countries and areas in conflict are undermined and truly under-developed, women in the West are threatened with the risk of being raped or sexually harrassed... the list goes on. As a student of business and culture, I was a skeptic, but am now on a road to a political career, having been accepted to a Masters programme in Diplomacy.

An all rounded background of WILPF can be founded on our website: www.ukwilpf.org

We encourage comments, participation and a lively discussion on our posts so please feel free to blog with us.