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  1. Peace & Justice Studies Program, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA

    Catia Cecilia Confortini

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    Johanna Mannergren Selimovic

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Confortini, C.C. (2021). Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11795-5_103-1

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