International Alliance of Women
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The International Alliance of Women (IAW) is a non-governmental, feminist organisation, which embraces both women’s groups and individuals. The basic principle of the IAW is that the full and equal enjoyment of human rights is due to all women and girls.
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[edit] History
The decision for the establishment of the organisation was taken in Washington in 1902. The Alliance was formally constituted in Berlin in 1904 as the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, and adopted its current name "International Alliance of Women Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities" in 1946[1].
[edit] Current status
The IAW represents more than 50 organisations world-wide and has attracted many individual members. The IAW has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council[2] and participatory status with the Council of Europe[3]. The IAW has permanent representatives in New York, Vienna, Geneva, Paris, Rome, Nairobi and Strasbourg and addresses the European Union through its membership in the European Women’s Lobby[4] in Brussels.
The IAW pays particular attention to the universal ratification and implementation without reservation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol.
The current IAW Commissions deal with the topics: Justice and Human Rights; Democracy; Peace; Elimination of Violence and Health.
[edit] References
- ^ Janet K. Boles, Diane Long Hoeveler (2004). Historical Dictionary of Feminism. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810849461 p.21 [1]
- ^ ECOSOC NGO database
- ^ CoE List of participatory NGOs
- ^ EWL member organisations
