An Update on Water Politics
April, 2009How much should water for personal and household needs and sanitation cost? How should these services be provided? These questions are fundamental to a woman’s ability to provide clean,...
View ArticleObama's EPA Budget
In the U.S., Budgeting for Clean and Affordable Water In President Obama’s FY 2010 Budget, there is $10.5 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (pdf) which is 34% higher than the $7.8...
View ArticleSign or Download Water Petitions!
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER: International “Right to Water Treaty.” On December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were...
View ArticlePeace and Freedom Winter 2009 Article on Water Issues
Reprinted from Peace & Freedom Magazine of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Winter 2009, Volume 69 #1 View this and other issues online at:...
View ArticleArticles on Water from Peace & Freedom Magazine: Recent Years
Click on the links below to view and download pdf versions of articles related to water that have appeared in WILPF's Peace and Freedom Magazine in recent years. Winter 2009: People Against Chemical...
View ArticleWILPF Supports California Water Legislation
Women's International League for Peace and FreedomUnited States Section11 Arlington St. Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 617-266-0999 Email: web(at)wilpf.org Website: www.wilpf.orgThe Honorable Jared Huffman...
View ArticleGet Ready for Mother Earth Day
As the twentieth century had been called the “century of human rights,” this new era would be known as the “century of the rights of Mother Earth.” - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia On April 22...
View ArticleRivers of Regeneration
The WILPF project Women and Water Rights took months of planning, but the ripple effects will be felt for years to come. Check out the fantastic media coverage they’ve received.This week the project...
View ArticleThe Bolivian Example: How WILPF Can Work for Water and a Clean Earth
By Nancy Price and Theta PavisThe First People’s World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth recently took place in Bolivia. Yet this historic conference was also a reminder that...
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