Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

	CANADIAN VOW FOR PEACE - UPDATES

	VOW is proud to announce on August 14, 2007, Canada's Immigration Museum, PIER 21 (Halifax), will be showcasing our VOW Canadian Cultural & Heritage Peace Exhibit, BUILDING PEACE MAKING HISTORY, 100 Years of Women's Peace-Building in Canada. This distinctive, five-panel bilingual exhibit features an exquisit photo gallery of women's struggles and courage for peace, equality and justice across Canada and around the world spanning the last century.

	To showcase our VOW "PEACE EXHIBIT” in your area, please contact VOW at 416-603-6534 or Email. This rare opportunity is available to galleries, municipalities, educational institutions, museums, libraries, charities, not-for-profit groups, NGOs, associations, union halls, women’s events, and government ministries across Canada on a pay-as-you-can basis.

	VOW Joins Campaign to Create a Canadian Department of Peace. For the Petition, please Click Here. (PDF format) For more information, please visit the Department of Peace website.

	Reinstate Malaya Joya, Afghan Member of Parliament - Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, July 4-07 (PDF format)

	Building Peace, Making History Exhibit, Ottawa Celebration Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 (Word format)

	VOW's 2007 Statement to the United Nations Commission - Building a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Girl Child (Word format)

	VOW's Response to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) *(Word format)*

	What are You Willing to do to Stop Nuclear Weapons? Brochure June 2006 (Word format)

	VOW's Statement on Canadian Troops in Afghanistan (Word format)

	Postcard for Peace Project Update - Feb. 2006

	PeaceWomen Across the Globe - Partnership Project - Request for Nominations of Peace Women (Word format)


	Since our foundation in 1960, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace/ La Voix Canadiennes des Femmes pour la Paix has worked locally, nationally and internationally on issues related to peace, social justice, human rights and development, always seeking to promote a woman's and a feminist's perspective.

	VOW's objectives are:
	To unite women in concern for the future of the world;
	To help promote the mutual respect and cooperation among nations necessary for peaceful negotiations between world partners;
	To protest war or the threat of war as the decisive method of exercising power;
	To appeal to all national leaders to cooperate in the alleviation of the causes of war by common action for the economic and social betterment of all; and
	To provide a means for women to exercise responsibility for the family of humankind.

	VOW is one of the non-governmental organizations (NGO) cited by UNESCO's standing committee in the working group report entitled "the contribution of women to the culture of peace". An accredited NGO to the United Nations, affiliated to the Department of Public Information (DPI) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), VOW was the Canadian lead group for peace at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Members have been active in follow-up activities, including writing the chapter, "Women and Peace" in Take Action for Equality, Development and Peace.

	For more information, to volunteer, and/or to donate to VOW, please contact us at: Canadian Voice of Women for Peace 761 Queen St. W. #203, Toronto, ON. M6J 1G1 Phone: (416) 603-7915 E-mail: vow@ca.inter.net

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