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Torild Skard: Women remain a minority in national political leadership
At the UN ECE Regional Review in Geneva in November, Torild Skard will discuss power and decision-making.
11 July, 2014
At the UN ECE Regional Review in Geneva in November, Torild Skard will discuss power and decision-making.
This unique book, written by Torild Skard, former president of the Norwegian Association for Women’s Rights, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how and why women in 53 countries rose to the top in the years since World War II. It presents all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010.
The International Alliance of Women strongly condemns the targeting of Human Rights Activists in Lybia and elsewhere
At the Launch of Beijing Plus 20 on June 26, 2014 in the Apollo Theatre in New York, Soon-Young Yoon, IAW representative to the UN and chair of the NGO CSW/NY committee asked, ‘Will Beijing + 20 make a difference? The truth is we can’t be sure, but we often underestimate the power of what we accomplish at the UN. *
Achieving gender equality is central to the protection of human rights, and has to be specifically recognized in the climate change and human rights frameworks, a new IAW position paper argues.
IAW urges members of the Human Rights Council not to endorse the draft resolution on the protection of the family
Lyda Verstegen, IAW representative to the Human Rights Council, reports from the current session of the Council in Geneva
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”