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.
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.
Recent Publications:
- "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, Volume 14, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, May 5, 2021.
- “Editorial: What will it take," ATT Monitor, Volume 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.
- "The Trudeau government is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Yemen," The Globe and Mail, September 24, 2020.*
- "Editorial: One more time for the people in the back—transparency (still) matters!" plus news in brief, ATT Monitor, Vol. 13. No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, August 27, 2020.
- "Why gender matters in international cyber security," Reaching Critical Will, April 2020.
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