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Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC, UNCTAD and UNESCO. Special Consultative Relations with FAO, ILO and UNICEF. 1 PRESS RELEASE WILPF International New York, NY 17 June 2017 EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 EDT 17 JUNE 2017 Press Release Thousands of women march in New York City and around the world to demand nuclear disarmament Today, on 17 June, thousands of women are gathering in New York City and around the world to protest nuclear weapons and support their prohibition. The Women’s March to Ban the Bomb take place two days after the opening of negotiations for a international treaty to ban nuclear weapons and is an entirely women-led initiative, following in the footsteps of decades of women’s leadership in anti-nuclear activism. The Women’s March to Ban the Bomb takes place as around 130 governments resume negotiations in the United Nations on a ground breaking new treaty that will ban nuclear weapons. When adopted, such a treaty will make it illegal for any signatory country to possess nuclear weapons and will impose economic, legal, political, and social barriers to nuclear weapon possession. It will further stigmatize nuclear weapons and help compel their elimination. “ The sufferings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have continued through generations. It is time for the governments to listen to the voices of women calling for elimination of nuclear weapons, and this is why you will find us on the streets today” stated Kozue Akibayashi, the President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), which is hosting the march. “Securing a nuclear-free planet is not a luxury but rather it is a requirement for our collective future, ” says Leslie Cagan, the lead organizer of the one million person march in New York in 1982 who is now an organizer for the People’s Climate Mobilization and who is speaking at the rally. Despite being staunch advocates for disarmament and peace women’s voices are often overlooked or marginalized in disarmament and security decision-making processes, as are the voices of other groups whose lives and communities are impacted by nuclear weapon testing, developing, stationing or maintenance.

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PRESSRELEASEWILPFInternational

NewYork,NY17June2017

EMBARGOEDUNTIL00:01EDT17JUNE2017PressRelease

ThousandsofwomenmarchinNewYorkCityandaroundtheworldtodemandnucleardisarmamentToday,on17June,thousandsofwomenaregatheringinNewYorkCityandaroundtheworldtoprotestnuclearweaponsandsupporttheirprohibition.TheWomen’sMarchtoBantheBombtakeplacetwodaysaftertheopeningofnegotiationsforainternationaltreatytobannuclearweaponsandisanentirelywomen-ledinitiative,followinginthefootstepsofdecadesofwomen’sleadershipinanti-nuclearactivism.TheWomen’sMarchtoBantheBombtakesplaceasaround130governmentsresumenegotiationsintheUnitedNationsonagroundbreakingnewtreatythatwillbannuclearweapons.Whenadopted,suchatreatywillmakeitillegalforanysignatorycountrytopossessnuclearweaponsandwillimposeeconomic,legal,political,andsocialbarrierstonuclearweaponpossession.Itwillfurtherstigmatizenuclearweaponsandhelpcompeltheirelimination.“ThesufferingsofHiroshimaandNagasakihavecontinuedthroughgenerations.Itistimeforthegovernmentstolistentothevoicesofwomencallingforeliminationofnuclearweapons,andthisiswhyyouwillfindusonthestreetstoday”statedKozueAkibayashi,thePresidentoftheWomen’sInternationalLeagueforPeaceandFreedom(WILPF),whichishostingthemarch.“Securinganuclear-freeplanetisnotaluxurybutratheritisarequirementforourcollectivefuture,”saysLeslieCagan,theleadorganizeroftheonemillionpersonmarchinNewYorkin1982whoisnowanorganizerforthePeople’sClimateMobilizationandwhoisspeakingattherally.Despitebeingstaunchadvocatesfordisarmamentandpeacewomen’svoicesareoftenoverlookedormarginalizedindisarmamentandsecuritydecision-makingprocesses,asarethevoicesofothergroupswhoselivesandcommunitiesareimpactedbynuclearweapontesting,developing,stationingormaintenance.

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The130countriesthatsupportthebantreatyfaceoppositionfromnuclear-armedcountriesandtheirnuclear-supportiveallies.OneofthosebeingtheUnitedStates.RayAcheson,programmedirectoratWILPFsays“TheUnitedStatesisspending$1trillionUSDoverthenextthirtyyearstomodernizeitsnuclearweaponarsenalsandtriplethekillingpoweroftheseweapons.”Thisexcessivespendingcomesincontrasttoproposedcutstovitalanti-povertyprogrammesandhealthcare–includingreproductiverights-whichwillhaveadisproportionateimpactonwomen. WILPFanditseventpartnersseeaconnectionbetweenthecurrentmomentumofpoliticalresistanceintheUnitedStatesandwhatishappeninginsidetheUN.Therearesimilaritiesinthedemandsforachangetothestatusquoandfrustrationwithdoublestandardsandfalsepromises.“JustasmanypeoplehavebeenmarchingintheUnitedStatesforjusticeandequality,insidetheUnitedNationssmallerandlessinfluentialcountriesarestandinguptothepowerfulnationsthatholdushostagebyhavingtheseweapons,”continuesMs.Acheson.ThemarchishostedbytheWomen’sInternationalLeagueforPeaceandFreedom(WILPF)andsupportedbydozensofco-sponsorandpartnerorganizationsthatarerepresentativeofpeace,disarmament,women’srights,indigenous,environmental,andhumanrightscommunities,amongothers.Thereareover60sistereventsaretakingplaceinothercitiesacrosstheUnitedStates,suchasinAustralia,Cameroon,Canada,Germany,Ghana,Italy,Japan,theNetherlands,Nigeria,NewZealand,Philippines,Switzerland,andtheUK.ENDOFRELEASETheeventbeginsat12:00withkick-offspeechesandmusicon41stSt.betweenSixthAvenueandBroadway.Themarchwillmoveeastalong42ndSt.,turningnorthon3rdAvenuebeforeendingatDagHammarskjoldPlaza(47thSt.between1stand2ndAvenue)acrossthestreetfromtheUnitedNations.Arallyisplannedwithanall-femaleline-upofspeakersandmusicalperformers.Seeattachmentforafulllistandbiographies.Thisisanexcellentopportunityforphotographs.Ourcollectionwillbepostedonlineathttps://www.flickr.com/photos/wilpf-international/albumsDetailsoftheroute,siteandtimingscanbefoundontheeventwebsite:www.womenbanthebomb.org.FindusonTwitterat@WILPFand@WMTBTB.Formoreinformationorhelptosetupinterviewswithspeakersorwomenactivistsbefore,duringorafterthemarch,pleasecontactAllisonPytlak,WILPFprogrammemanager,tel:+12126821265/mobile:603-479-5253/email:[email protected]

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1.Co-organizersofthemarchandrallyinclude:HibakushaStories,InternationalPeaceBureau,NativeOrganizersAlliance,PAX,PeaceActionNewYorkState,WesternStatesLegalFoundation,Women’sInternationalLeagueforPeaceandFreedom(WILPF)(host),andWILPF-US.Afulllistofsponsorsandendorsersisavailableathttps://www.womenbanthebomb.org/sponsors_and_endorsers2.NegotiationsonalegallybindinginstrumenttoprohibitnuclearweaponswilltakeplaceattheUNinNewYorkfrom15June–7July2017.Thisfollowsafirstnegotiatingsessionthattookplacefrom27-31March2017.WILPFisamemberofthesteeringgroupoftheInternationalCampaigntoAbolishNuclearWeapons(ICAN),theleadingcivilsocietymovementforthetreaty.Moreresourcesaboutthebancanbefoundatwww.reachingcriticalwill.orgorwww.icanw.org.3.Thiseventbuildsonalonghistoryofwomen’sleadershipinanti-nuclearactivism–fromprotestingnucleartestingintheBikiniAtollinthe1950s,totakingactionintheUKagainstthestationingofUSnuclearweaponsdecadeslater.InNewYorkin1982womentooktheleadinorganizingtheanti-nuclearmarchthatculminatedinarallyinCentralParkthatwasattendedbyoveronemillionpeople.


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