International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace

International Congress of Women opens in The Hague

📅 28 April 1915

More than a thousand delegates from countries at war and neutral states met to press for peace and women’s participation in international decision-making. The gathering established the International...

Women’s peace congress critiques the Versailles settlement

📅 12 May 1919

At its Zurich congress, the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace condemned peace terms that rewarded victors and denied self-determination. The delegates linked militarism to political...