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Letter from Zimbabwe
New member Kumburayi Murisa describes the challenges that Zimbabwean women face today
12 February, 2014
New member Kumburayi Murisa describes the challenges that Zimbabwean women face today
The sustainable development agenda must strengthen gender equitable peace building and conflict prevention
President Joanna Manganara calls on the Spanish Government to withdraw the draft bill aiming at restricting women’s access to abortion
The economy must serve the needs of women, men, girls and boys in Europe and not the other way around. Report from the European Women’s Lobby, where IAW is represented by President Joanna Manganara.
Un Women Executive Director, Ms.Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka meets met with members of NGO CSW Geneva to discuss the Post-2015 Agenda. Seema Uplekar, IAW treasurer, attended
The first UN resolution on the protection of women human rights defenders was adopted by consensus by the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on 27 November 2013. IAW was active in producing this important resolution
A group of 70 governments charged with developing the Sustainable Developing Goals, civil society organizations worldwide participating in an informal post-2015 human rights caucus have developed a joint statement (below) to urge governments to move beyond rhetoric and effectively align the post-2015 sustainable development framework with human rights norms.
IAW mourns the loss of a great man who knew what human rights are about.
Seema Uplekar, treasurer of IAW and IAW representative to WHO has created a petition in the context of the campaign against gender based violence Read more about it and sign