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Join the National Grassroots Gathering for Peace in Korea in March 2020
2020 marks the 70th year of the Korean War. It’s time to end the war and make it year one of peace. Join the Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now and the Korea Peace Network in Washington DC to raise a unified voice for an end to the Korean War and peace on […]
Read moreLetter to President Trump and Chairman Kim from the Korea Peace Now! Campaign
December 16, 2019 Dear President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un: We are representatives of Korea Peace Now!, a women-led global campaign to end the Korean War. Our coalition includes Nobel Peace laureates, activists, professors, human rights lawyers, a retired Army colonel, and a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. We are […]
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Liz Bernstein Announced as Co-Coordinator of Korea Peace Now!
Effective immediately, Liz Bernstein has been named Co-Coordinator of the global campaign Korea Peace Now! Women Mobilizing to End the War. Bernstein is the founding Director and Executive Director of the Ottawa-based Nobel Women’s Initiative, one of four organizations — including Women Cross DMZ, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and the Korean […]
Read moreLetter to UN Security Council Regarding Sanctions on North Korea
Members of the United Nations Security Council December 11, 2019 Dear Ambassadors, We are writing to you as members of the international women-led campaign Korea Peace Now! Women Mobilizing to End the War. As you gather today to discuss the security crisis on the Korean Peninsula, we urge you to take a holistic approach considering […]
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First Comprehensive Assessment of the Impact of Sanctions Against North Korea Shows Adverse Consequences for Civilians, Especially Women
As talks between the United States and North Korea remain at an impasse, a new report shows that sanctions imposed on North Korea are having adverse consequences on humanitarian aid and economic development in the country, with a disproportionate impact on women.
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We Went to the DMZ with Gloria Steinem to Call for an End to the Korean War
Our delegation of women leaders from the United States, South Korea, and Japan — including feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem — just returned from South Korea, where we attended the DMZ peace forum, visited the DMZ, and demanded an end to the Korean War and women’s inclusion in the peace process outside the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. […]
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Prominent Feminist Gloria Steinem and Women Leaders to Call for an End to the Korean War at the DMZ and Near U.S. Embassy in Seoul
Steinem and a delegation of women leaders from the United States, South Korea, and Japan will deliver a message of peace.
Read morePro-Diplomacy, Pro-Peace Principles to Guide Presidential Campaigns on North Korea
This memo contains principles to guide presidential campaigns as they formulate pro-peace, pro-diplomacy policy on North Korea. Download this as a PDF here. The current moment: Recent U.S.-North Korea relations have ranged from intense military tensions in 2017 to highly publicized summits in 2018. Looking forward to 2020 and beyond, the focus turns to the hard work […]
Read moreWe’re hiring: U.S. National Organizer
Job Description:U.S. National Organizer Korea Peace Now! Women Mobilizing to End the War Women Cross DMZ (WCDMZ) is recruiting a part-time consultant for the position of a U.S. National Organizer with Korea Peace Now! Women Mobilizing to End the War. Start date October 1, 2019 for a period of one year. Background Four prominent feminist peace […]
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People Around the World Called for Peace on the 66th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice
July 27, 2019 marked the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that halted the Korean War — a reminder that this conflict never ended and that we need to replace the Armistice with a peace agreement. More than 80 organizations signed our letter to U.S. President Donald Trump urging him to end the longest standing […]
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