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Berkeley, CA 94704
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Web http://www.womenforpeace.org
We are women dedicated to the cause of international disarmament.
We oppose our government's enormous military expenditures and urge that our country's wealth be devoted, instead, to meeting needs such as education, housing, health care, and protection of the environment.
We first came together in 1961 to demand the banning of above-ground nuclear tests. Those tests were causing radioactive fallout, exposing many thousands of people, especially children, to higher risks of cancer.
Our nationwide actions helped lead to the Partial Test Ban Treaty, which ended atmospheric nuclear tests.
Today we continue to lobby, educate, and join others all over the world in the struggle to achieve the complete abolition of nuclear weapons.
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foreign policy global issues militarism nonviolence nuclear weapons / testing peace policy women