Associação Feminina Portuguesa Para A Paz
The ''Associação Feminina Portuguesa para a Paz'' (Portuguese Women's Association for Peace - AFPP) was a female pacifist association created in 1935 and dissolved by the Estado Novo (Portugal), Esdado Novo dictatorship in 1952. It had active groups in Lisbon, Coimbra and Porto. Although declaring itself apolitical, many of its members were anti-fascists opposed to the ''Estado Novo''. Its activities involved providing support to prisoners of war, and it organized lectures, exhibitions, and other events as a way to disseminate the principles of World Peace. In the last decade of its existence, it became increasingly opposed to the Government, in response to increased repression (general and, in particular, against women's movements). The Association published an occasional Bulletin and had a children's choir, directed by Francine Benoît. History Created on 11 November 1935, to coincide with the Armistice Day, Armistice of World War I, on which day many of its founder members a ...
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Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city (second overall after Reykjavík, Reykjavik), and the only one along the Atlantic coast, the others (Reykjavik and Dublin) being on islands. The city lies in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, on the northern shore of the River Tagus. The western portion of its metro area, the Portuguese Riviera, hosts the westernmost point of Continental Europe, culminating at Cabo da Roca. Lisbon is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world and the second-oldest European capital city (after Athens), predating other modern European capitals by centuries. Settled by pre-Celtic tribes and later founded and civilized by the Phoenicians, Julius Caesar made it a municipium ...
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