On September 21st, we call on women’s human rights organizations, activists and allies to march with us for climate justice.
CEDAW Committee among other things emphasizes ” the urgent need to revive the peace process with the inclusion and the effective participation of women from both States Parties concerned, in line with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent relevant resolutions of the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security”
In many countries incl. Cameroon, children live in a situation of vulnerability and are exposed to a combination of systematic discrimination based on age and social status, education and health. The girl-child faces double disadvantages because of gender discrimination at all levels
The Istanbul Convention is the first instrument at the European level which addresses violence against women. It is an impressive accomplishment of the European Women’s Movement
IAW supports the #TenOrMore campaign calling for at least 10 female commissioners inthe Juncker commission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-q4IZbU7Ms
Deuscher Frauenring demands that the European Parliament does not confirm the appointment the Commissioners if equal representation of the sexes is not sufficiently taken into account.
This unique book, written by Torild Skard, former president of the Norwegian Association for Women’s Rights, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how and why women in 53 countries rose to the top in the years since World War II. It presents all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010.
The International Alliance of Women strongly condemns the targeting of Human Rights Activists in Lybia and elsewhere