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
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
At the Launch of Beijing Plus 20 on June 26, 2014 in the Apollo Theatre in New York, Soon-Young Yoon, IAW representative to the UN and chair of the NGO CSW/NY committee asked, ‘Will Beijing + 20 make a difference? The truth is we can’t be sure, but we often underestimate the power of what we accomplish at the UN. *
Achieving gender equality is central to the protection of human rights, and has to be specifically recognized in the climate change and human rights frameworks, a new IAW position paper argues.
IAW calls on the council to take action following a series of attacks.
Resolution unanimously adopoted by the General Assembly of the Greek League for Women’s Rights convened on 29 May 2014