SWITZERLAND

WILPF - Switzerland
Postfach 923
CH - 3000 Bern 9

Co-President Irene Willi
Goldbrunnerstr. 85
CH - 8055 Zürich
willi@bluewin.ch

Co-President Regula Brunner
Fellenbergstr. 1
CH - 3012 Bern
regula.brunner@wilpf.ch
Tel: +41 31 301 7207 / mobile: +41 79 359 1967

Treasurer Fay Kaufmann

IEC Member Toni Mächtlinger
Elfenauweg 19
CH - 3006 Bern
a.maechtlinger@bluewin.ch
Tel: +41 31 352 08 25

Number of members: 28 (Fill in the blank or amend)

Section website: www.wilpfschweiz.ch

Section 2005 Income: sfr 2767.10 Expense: 2297.60

What does your Section need from the 2006 IEC and what are the specific decisions that you would like to see this IEC make to further your work?

Geneva Office
We would like some feedback on the section mailing
Lots of information, thank you! I often make resumes in German, so members feel they are in an international organization!

What information from the Geneva Office would be helpful to you?
About activities of swiss delegates in the HRC.

What do you see as priority issues for the work of the Geneva Office?
Un work
Networking on all WILPF sections

How could we improve communication between us?
For Swiss section: In 2007 we want to visit the German office and an UN session one day, it should be a Friday.

UN Office (New York)
What information from the UN Office would be helpful to you?

What do you see as priority issues for the work of the UN Office?

How could we improve communication between us?

Do you use the Reaching Critical Will website? No
If so for what? What is the most useful? What would make the site more useful for you?

We don't yet have the capacity.

Do you read the RCW E-news reports on CD, UN GA 1st Committee, NPT?

What could be improved?

Do you use the Peace Women website? Yes
If so for what? What is the most useful? What would make the site more useful for you?

Do you read the Peace Women E-news?

For information, for the resume in german.

What could be improved?

Does the work of your section relate to the United Nations?
If so how?
Not directly

Does your section work on WILPF's International Program? Yes
What is your main focus?

Human rights, but on national level

Global Economic Justice? No
How?

Environmental Sustainability? No
How?

Disarmament and Demilitarization? Yes
How?
Letter to minister of foreign affairs (Iran)
National initiative for a law against arms export

Water?
How?

SCR 1325/Women and Peace and Security Issues? Yes
How?
Information about trafficking of women
Actions together with other organizations

Women's political participation? No
How?

Sexual and Gender based violence issues? No
How?

What is the political situation in your country?

Actual struggle
On 24th September there will be a vote about the referendum against the most inhuman laws about asylum seekers and foreigners. On this referendum we put the main emphasis all this year, together with trade unions, left and green parties, churches and many other organizations. On 17th June we had a manifestation with more than 11'000 people that was a great success. It will be a hard struggle, but we hope to win...
Government
Our Federal Council with seven members is more and more right-wing. Now we have got a second (!) woman, but she supports the asylum law. The other woman, our foreign minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, had a good speech at the opening session of the HRC in Geneva.
Arms
End of June, the initiative against arms export will start. We have to try to fight also against the government's decision to buy tanks and combat aircrafts for millions and millions of francs.
Women
15 years ago we had the famous women's strike day for women's equal rights. Today we are still far from equality, but there is more engagement