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OPEN LETTER of IAW on Urgent Improvement of Peace Missions …

… to prevent and eliminate VAWG by Peacekeepers! Call for Action Ensuring Human Rights for Women and Girls in Conflict Zones: Oversight, Accountability, and Reform ...
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CSW

Written Statement for CSW69 is online

Important Paperwork for CSW69 IAW has published a written statement for the CSW69.  It was carefully drafted with the participants who will be attending CSW69 ...
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Economy

How to improve women’s economic opportunities

Oral intervention by Dr. Sibylle von Heydebrand at the UN Geneva Dr Sibylle von Heydebrand at the Global Leaders Forum on economic opportunities for women ...
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CEDAW

IAW submitted an intervention to the WGDAWG

Positive evaluation and likely listing as best practice (localisation of CEDAW) The United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls (WGDAWG) came to UN ...
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News

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize 2024

UNESCO invites nominations for the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize 2024 Unesco, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons UNESCO invites individuals, civil society actors, and ...
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News

IAW Statement on the Gaza Conflict

From 2000 to now IAW statement 2000 at the Board Meeting in Tel Aviv, when asked by the host organization, WIZO, to make a political ...
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OPINIONS

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Leap Year Tradition

Is there a tradition 100 years later? Anjana Basu gives us feminist insights on this quadrennial event. February 29 falls once every four years, offering

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YOU CAN EMPOWER GIRLS FOR LIFE

IAW EVENTS:

Event Information:

  • Tue
    11
    Mar
    2014

    CSW side event: Gender Based Violence as a Political Weapon

    4:30 pmUNCC, New York City

    Objectives:

    1. to draw attention to the widespread use of gender-based violence as a political weapon in violation of International Human Rights Conventions.
    2. to discuss what Governments/NGO’s could and should do to combat and prevent this through the implementation and monitoring of UN SC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and its subsequent resolutions.
    3. to formulate a recommendation on the outcome of the discussion. 

    NB. We also want to emphasise how empowerment, participation and leadership of women can protect against and prevent violence. 

    Speakers

    1. Hibaaq Osman, Director KARAMA :  on the situation in the MENA Region and its solution.
    2. Speaker on the situation in the Congo and other countries South of the Sahara and its solution.
    3. Mr Jan Reynders, MenEngage or another member of MenEngage on the situation and role of men.
    4. Government speaker on the importance of NAP 1325 (National Action Plans).
    5. Ms Horeya Megahed, IAW Representative at the Arab League on the role of the Arab League.
    6. Speaker on the role of the Council of Europe 

    Chairs

    1. Director of KARAMA Ms Hibaaq Osman 

    2. President of International Alliance of Women Ms Joanna Manganara.

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