Centenary stand: female activists head for the Hague to set a new peace agenda | Liz Ford | Global development | The Guardian
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One hundred years ago this month, more than 1,100 women from 12 countries travelled across Europe to the Netherlands to protest against the war that was raging across their borders.
Presided over by Jane Addams, a member of the US suffrage alliance, the Congress of Women opened in the Hague on 28 April 1915 to debate ways to end the first world war and prevent further conflict.
The congress sowed the seeds for the creation of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), which this week marks its centenary with a return to the city.
The three-day conference will celebrate the work of female peacemakers globally and has the bold aim of formulating a new peace agenda for the next 100 years.
