Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a 501(c)(3) international non-governmental organization that promotes working for peace, promoting political, economic, and social justice for all women. WILPF focuses on interactions on the international level to achieve its social movement. WILPF attempts to use existing international legal and political means to address how states perceive issues of militarism, gender, peace and security.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a 501(c)(3) international non-governmental organization that promotes working for peace, promoting political, economic, and social justice for all women. WILPF focuses on interactions on the international level to achieve its social movement. WILPF attempts to use existing international legal and political means to address how states perceive issues of militarism, gender, peace and security.
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value:$6,730,002
Number of Grants:27
Number of Funders:8
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount
Year
Funder
Subject
$1,500,000
2020
Oak Foundation
To provide core support to WILPF to strengthen the capacity of frontline women’s organisations to mobilise for peace, equality, justice, and human security. In doing so, women’s organisations will influence laws and policies to better protect women and their communities from violent conflict. WILPF is an international not-for-profit anti-war organisation that brings women together to oppose conflict, violence, and global militarisation.
$900,000
2020
Oak Foundation
To provide core support to WILPF. This will support local women’s organisations to access financial and technical support and to mobilise for peace, equality, justice, and human security
To support WILPF’s Human Rights Program, particularly the strengthening of their African sections and their participation in the organization’s international human rights advocacy work.
