Allison Pytlak
Program Manager, Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
twitter: @a_pytlak
email: allison [dot] pytlak [at] wilpf [dot] org
Program Manager, Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
twitter: @a_pytlak
email: allison [dot] pytlak [at] wilpf [dot] org
Arms Trade Treaty | cyber | gender | Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) | killer robots
Allison Pytlak is a Program Manager in the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She has over a decade of experience working in arms control and disarmament with direct participation in several prominent international advocacy campaigns. Prior to joining WILPF in 2016, she was the Policy and Advocacy Specialist with Control Arms, where she played a key role in the organization’s successful work to see the adoption of an international Arms Trade Treaty. Before that she worked on other disarmament issues with Religions for Peace and Mines Action Canada. Pytlak received a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree, also in International Relations, from the City University of New York where her research focused on cyber security. She has published on conflict and security issues, as well as the role of civil society in multilateral affairs. Pytlak is a Nonresident Fellow with the Stimson Center, focusing on international cybersecurity issues.
Recent Publications:
Allison Pytlak is a Program Manager in the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She has over a decade of experience working in arms control and disarmament with direct participation in several prominent international advocacy campaigns. Prior to joining WILPF in 2016, she was the Policy and Advocacy Specialist with Control Arms, where she played a key role in the organization’s successful work to see the adoption of an international Arms Trade Treaty. Before that she worked on other disarmament issues with Religions for Peace and Mines Action Canada. Pytlak received a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree, also in International Relations, from the City University of New York where her research focused on cyber security. She has published on conflict and security issues, as well as the role of civil society in multilateral affairs. Pytlak is a Nonresident Fellow with the Stimson Center, focusing on international cybersecurity issues.
Recent Publications:
- "CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 11," Reaching Critical Will, November 22, 2022.
- "First Committee briefing book 2022" Reaching Critical Will, September 16, 2022.*
- "Action, Accountability, and Ambition," Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 2, No. 6, July 22, 2022.
- "Autonomous Weapons and Questions of Ethics, Control, and Accountability," CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 4, June 3, 2022.*
- "Advancing a Global Cyber Programme of Action: Options and priorities," Reaching Critical Will, WILPF, May, 2022.
- "Report from the ATT working group and preparatory meetings: The Horrific Harms of Selling Arms," ATT Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, May 5, 2022.
- "Cyber Peace & Security Monitor: Vo. 2 No.," Reaching Critical Will, April 5, 2022.
- "Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol. 2 No. 3," Reaching Critical Will, December 21, 2021.*
- "CCW Report, Vol. 9 No. 9," Reaching Critical Will, December 9, 2021.*
- "First Committee Monitor: Volume 19, No. 5," Reaching Critical Will, November 5, 2021.*
- "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, October 22, 2021.*
- "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 16, 2021.*
- "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 9, 2021.*
- "CCW Report," Volume 9, No. 7, Reaching Critical Will, October 4, 2021.*
- "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 3, 2021.*
- "CCW Report," Volume 9, No. 6, Reaching Critical Will, September 23, 2021.*
- "The Narrative Must Change: Prospects for the 2021 UNGA First Committee," Humanitarian Disarmament, September 22, 2021.
- "First Committee Briefing Book 2021," Reaching Critical Will, September 2021.*
- "Editorial: The fuel that perpetuates conflict," ATT Monitor, Vol. 14, No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, September 8, 2021.
- "Editorial: A world on fire," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, August 27, 2021.
- "UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on international arms transfers," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, August 27, 2021.*
- "CCW Report Vol 9 Issue 4," Reaching Critical Will, August 14, 2021.*
- "Editorial: Act today for a better tomorrow," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11, Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 4, 2021.
- "More of the Same, or Can Things Change? Prospects For BMS7," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11, Issue 1, Reaching Critical Will, July 25, 2021.
- "CCW Report," including "Editorial: The imperative of preventing autonomous violence," Reaching Critical Will, July 13, 2021.*
- "Editorial: Preventing diversion of attention," ATT Monitor, Vol. 14, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, May 5, 2021.
- “Editorial: What will it take," ATT Monitor, Vol. 14, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, April 25, 2021.
- "Programming Action: Observations From Small Arms Control For Cyber Peace," Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, February 2021.
- "Who Rules Cyberspace? Engaging Civil Society," Chatham House (Podcast), November 12, 2020.
- "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, Vol. 18, No. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
- "The twists and turns of UN cyber diplomacy," First Committee Monitor, Vol. 18, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 8, 2020.
* indicates additional authors