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Commons Photo Credit: Source Together for peace, environment and climate protection. Abolish Nuclear Weapons! Rosy Weiss: Report from an event accompanying the first UN Conference
25 July 2022
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Commons Photo Credit: Source Together for peace, environment and climate protection. Abolish Nuclear Weapons! Rosy Weiss: Report from an event accompanying the first UN Conference
General : UNCAC entered into force in December 2005. Presently it counts 186 State Parties. It recognizes the importance of both preventive and punitive measures and
Femicide is globally recognized as one of the gravest violations of human rights and gender-based killings as the most serious form of gender-based violence. Report from a symposium held in Vienna on International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women
Numbers aren’t enough. Women must also have meaningful access and influence.
“Peace is possible only by peaceful means.
Let’s go for it”
We have the legal framework:
UN SCR 1325 (2000)
CEDAW
General Recommendation 30
IAW supports the efforts of the United Nations in working on a universal declaration on the human right to peace.
IAW proposes a specific discussion group during the Geneva NGO Forum, November 2014
In this forthcoming year—the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI—today’s IAW still upholds the principles of “conciliation and arbitration for arranging international differences.”
You can support the work for women and girls in a tangible way:
donate to the IAW today.
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.