According to the World Health Organization, mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common in all regions of the world, affecting every community and age
The questions to which IAW has answered are the following:
How can NGOs further contribute to the work of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies?
What are the most efficient modalities for NGOs to contribute to the United Nations policy-making, be recognized and be influential in these processes?
What in your organization’s view should be done to provide better support to NGOs during the process of obtaining consultative status with ECOSOC?
How can the participation of NGOs from developing countries and countries with economies in transition in UN’s work be increased?
Once the consultative status is granted to organizations, how best can NGOs access the opportunities given to them to take part in UN processes?
WHO is organising a global conference on air pollution and health at UN headquarters in Geneva 30 October- 1 November 2018.
In her President’s Newsletter of June 2018 President Joanna Manganara sums up a number of points of discussion during the intergovernmental meetings at CWS62. She also evaluates the Agreed Conclusions 2019
Signe Vahlun, member of Project Steering Committee for the Water and Pads project, describes the current status of the project in English and French
Sizani Ngubane is this year’s NGOCSW Woman of Distinction awardee, nominated by IAW
Keynote speaker was Sizani Ngubane, Founder of Rural Women’s Movement South Africa and this year’s recipient of CSW’s Woman of Distinction Award. Sizani was nominated by the International Alliance of Women for her remarkable work.
AT CSW62 IAW and CFUW were shortlisted to make this oral presentation to the Commission on the Status of Women. The presentation was made by Amanda Keeling, Australia
IAW calls for a strengthening of gender respective accountability mechanisms to ensure that rural women and their organizations can influence policy formulation, implementation and monitoring at all levels of government with a view to enabling rural women to hold all duty bearers to account.
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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.