AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Peace Groups and Related
Gallipoli Centenary Peace Campaign (GCPC): GCPC opposes the militarisation of Australian history and seeks to encourage a more critical understanding of Australia’s war experience. It also encourages public discussion on the causes of war and its prevention and seeks to promote a more peaceful and non-violent world through public debates, research, advocacy and a variety of peace initiatives and campaigns.
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN): IPAN aims to “(a) promote an independent Australian foreign policy that builds peace and nonviolent resolutions of conflict in our region (b) oppose the establishment of foreign military bases and the deployment of foreign troops and military in Australia and the Asia-Pacific (c) provide information, analysis and opportunities for NGOs, unions, churches and community groups to participate in decision-making on Australia’s peace and security options and (d) build links with peoples and organisations in the Asia-Pacific campaigning for peace and against military bases and troops in the region.”
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN Australia): ICAN Australia “is at the forefront of global efforts to outlaw and eliminate nuclear weapons. With more than 60 diverse partner organisations nationwide, we aim to raise public awareness about the catastrophic humanitarian harm caused by nuclear weapons and put nuclear disarmament squarely on the Australian political agenda.”
Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW): MAPW “works for the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction and the prevention of armed conflict. MAPW promotes peace through research, advocacy, peace education and partnerships.”
Peace Movement Aotearoa: “The national networking peace organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand, for anyone who is interested in peace, social justice and human rights.”
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPE): Refer to WILPF international listing below. Read more about WILPF’s structure and program in Australia here.
Peace Institutes and Related
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies: CPACS “was established in May 1988 as a specialist research and teaching centre within The University of Sydney to promote the understanding and achievement of peace with justice. This goal coincides with the United Nations international program to create a global and local ‘Culture of Peace’. Peace with justice is not merely the absence of violence. It means the achievement of positive, lasting peace through the elimination of physical, structural, cultural and ecological violence.”
Edmund Rice Centre (ERC) – The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education was established in 1996 – the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. It exists “to challenge popular beliefs and dominant cultural values, to ask the difficult questions, to look at life from the standpoint of the minority, the victim, the outcast and the stranger.”
Sydney Peace Foundation (SPF): SPF is a University of Sydney foundation which promotes peace with justice and the practice of non-violence and awards the Sydney Peace Prize, Australia’s only international prize for peace.
INTERNATIONAL
Peace Groups and Related
International Peace Bureau (IPB): IPB is “dedicated to the vision of a World Without War. We are a Nobel Peace Laureate (1910), and over the years 13 of our officers have also been recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.” Its 300 member organisations in 70 countries, along with its individual members, form “a global network bringing together expertise and campaigning experience in a common cause”. It has had UN Consultative Status since 1977 and is the Secretariat for the NGO Committee for Disarmament (Geneva). IPB’s “main programme centres on Disarmament for Sustainable Development, of which the Global Day of Action on Military Spending is a key part.”
International Physicians for the Preventions of Nuclear War (IPPNW): IPPNW “is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 64 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation.”
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF): WILPW is an “international non-profit anti-war and peace-building organisation of volunteers that brings women together to oppose conflict, violence and global militarisation. WILPF has been doing this since 1915, making us the longest surviving women’s anti-war organisation in the world.”
Peace Institutes and Related
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI): Established in 1966, SIPRI is “an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament.”