Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (French: Voix des femmes canadiennes pour la paix), also known as the Voice of Women or VOW, is a Canadian anti-nuclear pacifist organization that was formed in 1960. The organization was created in response to an article in which Lotta Dempsey, a journalist for the Toronto Star, called out for action against the threat of nuclear war and asked women to work together for peace.[1] After the article was published, a group of women contacted Dempsey and formed a women's organization called the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace.[1] The organization's work has spanned multiple decades and is Canada's oldest feminist peace group.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "About Us – Canadian Voice of Women for Peace". Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Early, Frances (2009). "Re-imaging War: The Voice of Women, the Canadian Aid for Vietnamese Children, 1966–1976". Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research. 34 (2): 148–163.
  3. ^ "Vow Herstory". vowpeace.org. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.