According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced across the world has surpassed 50 million for the first time since World War II. Women and children constitute the majority of refugees and the internally displaced people. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1.015.078 people arrived by sea in the EU in 2015. Of these people, 25% were children, 17% were women and 58 % were men.
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Founded in 1904 and based in Geneva, the International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international NGO comprising 44 member organizations involved in the promotion of the human rights of women and girls globally. The IAW has general consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council and is accredited to many specialized UN agencies, has participatory status with the Council of Europe and is represented at the Arab League, the African Union and other international organizations.
