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:
- "Who Rules Cyberspace? Engaging Civil Society," Chatham House (Podcast), November 12, 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.
- "Correlates of state-sponsored cyber conflict” and "In search of human rights in multilateral cybersecurity dialogues," Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity, London: Routledge, 2020
- "Cyber Security - A Team Sport" editorial, "News in Brief", and "A new 'Women in Cyber' fellowship has a big impact on the OEWG," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 7, Reaching Critical Will, February 18, 2020.
- “A whole lot of unpacking going on” editorial, ATT Monitor, Vol. 13, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, February 11, 2020.
- “Finding purpose” editorial, Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol.1 No. 6, Reaching Critical Will, February 10, 2020.
- "New Opportunities to Reduce Human Suffering" and "Implementing the CSP5 Decisions on Gender and Gender-Based Violence," ATT Monitor Vol. 13, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, February 3, 2020
- "Breaking Silos, Building Community," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor vol. 1, no. 5, Reaching Critical Will, December 9, 2019.
- "The Value of Multi-Stakeholderism," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor vol. 1, no. 4, December 2, 2019.
- "Armed Drones" First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 5, November 4, 2019.
- "Converging Agendas: Global Norms on Gender, Small Arms, and Development" in "Gender-responsive Small Arms Control: A Practical Guide," Small Arms Survey, October 25, 2019.
- "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, October 21, 2019.
- "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 2, October 14, 2019.
- "States commit to take political action on explosive weapons at Vienna Conference," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 1, October 7, 2019.
- "Not Starting From Scratch Means Building on Humanitarian Disarmament," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, vol. 1, no. 3, September 16, 2019.
* indicates additional authors.