Keynote address of Mr. Andrei Abramov, Chief of NGO Branch, UN DESA at the Global Women’s Peace Network Assembly during WFWP’s 20th Anniversary in South Korea. March 25 - March 28,2012.

This issue includes reports about the recent 56th Commission of the Status of Women held in New York and the Parallel Event "Growing Sustainable Projects in Rural Communities, Women to Women", organized by WFWPI - as well as other reports about UN Activities in New York and Geneva. The updates on activities around the world focus on Europe. For the first time we included an interview with a graduate of WFWP’s school in Mozambique.

Joint written statement entitled, "Ensuring protection for children in conflict zones in the central African region", was submitted by the Women’s Federation for World Peace, International, a nongovernmental organization in general consultative status, the Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association, and the Universal Peace Federation, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status.

Spring 2011. This report is a summary of some of the activities by WFWP overseas volunteers sent from Japan and local WFWP members, carried out in cooperation with various chapters of WFWP International, UN organizations and other NGOs. We hope that this will help you to better understand our endeavors to contribute to the attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
WFWP is a women’s NGO, founded in 1992, with the motto, "Humankind is a family living in one global home, the Earth." Since 1994, WFWP has been dispatching volunteers to countries throughout the world. WFWP is committed to the achievement of freedom from poverty, as well as to the implementation of activities aimed at improving the financial wellbeing of women and families, based on local needs.