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Many women had been organizing for world peace, and to end the war in Europe in New York City.

A number of them attended a meeting of over 1000 women in the Hague in 1915. Some of the women from across Europe who attended this international organizing meeting for peace travelled across battle lines.

When they returned, the Women's Peace Party renamed itself as the New York Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

And for the past (nearly) 90 years, WILPF New York Metro has been working for peace and freedom.

The New York Branch of WILPF is housed in the AJ Muste Building, with such venerable organizations as the War Resister's League.

Our work is focused on three areas of concern: addressing racism and discrimination, understanding corporate control in our daily lives and calling for disarmament as the way to developing real solutions to our social, economic and environmental problems.

When you want to add a Biography Node to the site, for Members of the Board, Interns, Staff, and other whom we wish to honor and include.

First... login

Second... go to Create Content

Third... Choose WILPF BIos

Fourth... Fill in Fields in the following manner...

a) Title -- This is a required field. Make it the person's name. Capitalize proper nouns, please, as this is what shows up as the title to their entry.

b) Page Title -- Persons Name, Person's Title

c) Categories -- Choose the following:

Top Level Category; BIOGRAPHIES
Branch: NEW YORK METRO
Biographies: choose appropriate category... If you have a problem choosing, get as close as possible and notify the coordinator if the taxonomy is inaccurate.

d) Body -- Fill in the text. You will need to add the HTML Code to make text bold, etc... Email the coordinator for a tutorial.

e) Input Format -- choose FULL HTML

f) Domain Access -- Uncheck SEND TO ALL AFFILIATES

g) Attach Images -- If you have an image already loaded, you can choose it here. If not, that's fine. Or you can upload an image.

When you are adding content to the website, you can control how the code is rendered.

If you have added content including links to images or other media, and it isn't showing up... check the INPUT FORMAT tab in its (the page's) edit content page.

Since its independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Congo) formerly known as Zaire, has been a hotbed of violence and conflict. Straddling the equator, the central African country has a tropical and humid climate. The Congo is surrounded by the countries of Angola, Zambia, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

The Congo’s population, which is 56 million, comprises more than 200 ethnic groups. An estimated 65 percent of the population can read and write in French, the official language. The proportion of people who have entered primary school has decreased steadily since the wars began in 1993.