Accountability
The Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development Goals are a vast improvement on the Millennium Development Goals, says IAW in its statement for CSW 60
29 October, 2015
The Sustainable Development Goals are a vast improvement on the Millennium Development Goals, says IAW in its statement for CSW 60
Paris Agreement on Climate Change to be adopted in December 2015 and Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development adopted in September 2015 wil be the basis for the programme
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We call on politicians to show renewed political will and move from commitment to accomplishments. We call on them to work to adopt a new paradigm of accountability that can make the entire process of sustainable development more transformative and responsive to the peoples’ needs
Women are a cornerstone of African development, but despite some progress, African women’s access to ressources and power is still challenging in most countries, and
This is a modern-day witch hunt!
On World Contraception Day IAW wishes to congratulate Melinda Gates on her decison to devote the rest of her life to improve access to family planning all over the globe. We hope the global movement launched at the Family Planning Summit will succeed in giving an additional 120 million women in the world’s poorest countries access to lifesaving family planning information, services and supplies by 2020.
The international community must join efforts to stop the systematic violation of women’s human rights perpetrated by ISIS and other non-state actors. It is not only a women’s issue but also a complex emergency and a growing threat to international peace and security.
Statement by Zonta International and endorsed by numerous international women’s organizations incl. IAW
The 2015 report of the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice is a radical accusation against patriarchy. Human Rights Council resolutions – threaten to undermine international achievements in the field of human rights in the name of cultural and religious diversity.