Submission to Members of the United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls (WGDAWG) - Implementing CEDAW at the Local Level
This IAW intervention stresses that CEDAW can only create real change when its principles are implemented at the local level. It highlights what makes localization effective – strong cooperation with civil society, clear monitoring, and integrating CEDAW into local policies – and calls on governments to ensure that global commitments translate into concrete improvements in women’s daily lives.
Understanding Parental Alienation: IAW Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
International Alliance of Women (IAW) urges the UN to recognize Parental Alienation, a form of psychological abuse where a child is manipulated to reject a parent. Awareness, research, and action are needed to protect children and support affected families.
IAW’s comment A7HRC/53/36 on the report A/HRC/53/36 of Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem (May 2023)
Call for Immediate action to protect human rights and dignity in Afghanistan with special focus on women and girls
Written Statement to the UN Human Rights Council, and its Special Session on Afghanistan (24 August 2021). The statement expresses urgent concern over the situation in Afghanistan, especially for the rights and dignity of women, girls and youth following the change of power. It calls for immediate humanitarian aid, guaranteed access to education, monitoring and protection mechanisms, and greater participation of women and young people in governance, peace-building and decision-making.
Joint NGO Statement on Women’s and Girls’ Rights in Afghanistan (UN HRC 48, 2021)
Kidnapping of school children in Uvira/Fizi, Democratic Republic of Congo
The statement condemns the kidnapping of school children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by armed groups. The abducted children, linked to a school supported by ADAFEV (Association for the Support of Vulnerable Women and Children), suffer violence, abuse, and inhumane conditions, with some not surviving.
International Alliance of Women expresses solidarity with ADAFEV and urges the Congolese government, NGOs, and the UN to take urgent action to protect children and women, ensure accountability, and uphold human rights and the right to education.
Statement in English
Kidnapping of School Children in DRC – August 10,
Statement in French
Enlevement d’enfants RDC – August 10, 21
Answer by Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights Letter to International Alliance of Women