Globalization may have resulted in new avenues of growth, but it has also created the widest gap in history between the very rich and the very poor, with a very negative impact on women. Moreover it has increased dramatically the power of multinational corporations as agents in the international development field. But can corporations be a force of empowerment for women?
International Alliance of Women urges women to provide input to the call for information on (lack of) implementation of regional and international standards on violence against women
244 civil society organizations including IAW call on the support and solidarity of member states in rejecting amendments to HRC32 draft resolution protecting civil society space. The draft resolution is to be considered for adoption at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council.
The travel ban for Mozn Hassan is an example of the shrinking space for Civil Society in many countries, including Egypt. IAW is very worried about this development. It is
The resolution on Protection of the Family tabled by a group of states at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council is anti-family in nature
Help enable two activists from Cameroon to join IAW at Congress and share their knowledge and experience of fighting violence against women.
“What initiatives are you going to take to help with the current refugee crisis, in particular with the needs and rights of refugee women and children?”
“On International Women’s Day (8th March), the GLWR rewards women distinguished in the field of important selfness social work, by conferring the “Social Achievement Award ALICE YOTOPOULOS MARANGOPOULOS”, a
This year, this award was conferred to the women of the Eastern Aegean Islands, for the support, hospitality, kindness and solidarity they offered to refugees, arriving in thousands every day during all of 2015 and until recently, destitute and in despair, to the Greek islands.
IAW requests action on Women’s Sexual, Reproductive and Health Rights (SRHR) in the context of ZIKA, to commemorate May 28, the International Day of Action on Women’s Health
The IAW statement to the World Health Assembly in Geneva from 23 to 28 May, takes up an issue of high topicality: the ZIKA infection and possible consequences for women’s health, in particular to the SRHR of women.