International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM 6 February 2017
IAW organized this event in Geneva together with NGO CSW/ Geneva. The report is written by Bisi Adebayo, member of NGO CSW/ Geneva
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IAW organized this event in Geneva together with NGO CSW/ Geneva. The report is written by Bisi Adebayo, member of NGO CSW/ Geneva
Anne Pelagie reports from Cameroon
‘Nigerian women, who suffer most from poverty, climate change and violence, are valuable agents of change’.
Femicide is globally recognized as one of the gravest violations of human rights and gender-based killings as the most serious form of gender-based violence. Report from a symposium held in Vienna on International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women
Statement on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and as a support for the EWL Turkish delegation’s protest letters concerning persecution of NGOs in Turkey including women’s and feminist NGOs.
Lyda Verstegen reports from thesession of the Human Rights Council SEptember 2016 of the need for all countries having indigenous people to develop national action plans to prevent violence against indigenous women and girls
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
Mainstreaming gender equality, women’s and girls’ human rights and the empowerment of women in the entire 2030 Agenda is not enough to achieve the transformative changes that the 2030 Agenda must ensure.
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Founded in 1904 and based in Geneva, the International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international NGO comprising 44 member organizations involved in the promotion of the human rights of women and girls globally. The IAW has general consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council and is accredited to many specialized UN agencies, has participatory status with the Council of Europe and is represented at the Arab League, the African Union and other international organizations.