Edith Ballantyne

Edith Ballantyne was Secretary General of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) from 1969 - 1992, and its International President from 1992 until 1998.

Beyond armistice: women searching for an enduring peace

Women peace activists meeting in Zurich in 1919 understood the capitalist system of profit and privilege as a root cause of war. Women said it then, and say it now, as they tackle the perennial question facing all peace-seekers: what policies can assure a peace that will endure?

By Felicity Ruby and Edith Ballantyne

/ 1 Sep 2014