Ray Acheson

Ray Acheson is currently the program director for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, New York. As director of WILPF's disarmament program, Reaching Critical Will, Acheson leads the organization's work on stigmatizing war and violence, advocating for disarmament and arms control, and raising gender perspectives on militarism and weapons. Acheson provides analysis, reporting, research, and advocacy across of range of issues, including nuclear weapons, armed drones, autonomous weapons, small arms, the arms trade, and the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Acheson represents WILPF within the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.