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IAW deeply concerned by increase in brutal attacks against women, President Joanna Manganara tells Human Rights Council
IAW calls on the council to take action following a series of attacks.
11 June, 2014
IAW calls on the council to take action following a series of attacks.
IAW President Joanna Manganara sends letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, expressing the concern of IAW at the abduction of 200 schoolgirls. “The right for girls to access education is guaranteed by international law”
Her new responsibility is added value to her role as UN main representative for the International Alliance of Women
IAW signs statement that sustainable development is impossible unless human rights are at its center as a foundational pillar of vibrant, equal and prosperous societies
Together with Scottish feminist economist Ailsa McKay, IAW board member Margunn Bjørnholt has co-edited the book Counting on Marilyn Waring: New Advances in Feminist Economics.
Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the
Millennium Development Goals for women and girls
The International Alliance of Women and the Norwegian Association for Women’s Rights co-hosted a side-event on the financial crisis, recession and human rights on 13 March 2014, during the session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58).
President Joanna Manganara congratulates Yemen Human Rights minister for her efforts to ban child marriage
Women call for economic models and development approaches that are firmly rooted in principles of human rights and environmental sustainability, that address inequalities between people and states, and that rebalance power relations for justice