Objectives: NB. We also want to emphasise how empowerment, participation and leadership of women can protect against and prevent violence. Speakers Chairs 1. Director of KARAMA Ms Hibaaq Osman 2. President of International Alliance of Women Ms Joanna Manganara. Speakers will include representatives from South Africa, Cameroon and India The International Alliance of Women (IAW) is hosting a side event on the financial crisis, recession and women, which will take place in New York City during the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 10–21 March 2014. *What's the Problem?* *_What is It? The campaign is sponsored by IAW Hosting society: adf/svf 2014 Theme: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Hosted by UN Women as part of The Secretary General's UNiTE campaign, in commemoration of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women (25 November). This year's activities are focused on generating action and awareness at a general level. The schedule of commemorative day events is as follows: 24 November: Both the Empire State Building and the UN building will be lit up in orange to draw attention to the issue. 25 November: Panel Discussion, “Violence against Women: Best Laws and Policies - Learning from the winners of the 2014 Future Policy Award” from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium. CSW59/Beijing+20 (2015) The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York, tentatively scheduled for 9-20 March 2015. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attend the session. The Commission will undertake a review of progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 20 years after its adoption at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. The review (Beijing+20) will also include the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly, the first five-year assessment conducted after the adoption of the Platform for Action Lessons Learnt from Women Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide Senior Researcher Torild Skard, , IAW, Norway, presents her new book “Women of power – half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide” (Bristol: Policy Press). Skard analyses the careers of 73 women in 53 countries to find out how women managed to go to the top, and if their role as top leaders made a difference to women? Discussion: The findings of the book and policies to increase the number of women in the top leadership worldwide will be discussed by Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the UN Development Programme, UNDP, (tbc) Mona Lena Krook, Associate Professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, US, Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica (tbc) Moderator: Joanna Manganara, President, International Alliance of Women (IAW) DEEDS – NO WORDS WOMEN – PEACE – SECURITY Keynote speaker: Discussants: Mavic Cabrera Balleza, Philippines, Global Coordinator of Global Network of Women Peacebuilders: Hibaaq Osman, Cairo, CEO El-Karama Eva Nagy, Norway, International Institute for Peace Education (tbc) Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General Council of Europe (tbc) Moderator. Rosy Weiss, Honorable President of IAW Co-chairs: Joanna Manganara, President IAW Hibaaq Osman, Founder and CEO El-Karama Co-sponsor: Why the future of economics and economic development must be feminist. Objective This side-event will gather a panel of feminist economists to reflect on how can insights from feminist economics inform policies and contribute to the realization of women's social and economic rights? Background/motivation Today feminist economics has become an academic field of its own, which is an important source of theory, methods, tools and empirical evidence, necessary for policies and models to assure ending the economic discrimination against women. Speakers Edith Kuiper, Economics Department & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Marilyn Power, Sarah Lawrence University Jennifer Olmsted, Dept of Economics and Director of Middle East studies, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA. Tulay Atay Avsar-Ana, Anadolu University, Turkey Margunn Bjørnholt, Policy and Social Research AS: Much to the regret of the Union of Kuwaiti Women and IAW as a whole the International Meeting cannot be held in Kuwait. The situation in the region is too unstable. Instead the meeting will be held in Paris The International Meeting is the meeting where Presidents of the member organizations of IAW meet with members of the Board to exchange views, plan policies and make decisions for Congress in 2016. This International Meeting will also include a seminar All members of IAW are welcome to attend the meeting. We look forward to getting the advice and input from any member who wishes to contribute. NGO CSW60 Forum - Key Dates The NGO CSW60 FORUM will take place in New York simultaneously with the 60thSession of the Commission for the Status of Women (CSW60) from 14 to 24 MARCH 2016. The Priority theme for CSW60 is: "Women's empowerment and its link to sustainable development." For more information on the NGO CSW60 Forum check the NGO CSW/NY website (NGOCSW.ORG) regularly and for information regarding the Commission: Programme and agenda dfr-statement-mipaa-reviewa-new-hr-convention-en_oct-2016 Constitution documents: explanation-of-proposed-changes-to-iaw-constitution-2-2 Action programme documents: women-in-decision-making implementing-the-iaw-action-program_vs-gudrun-3 - See more: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017 IAW CONGRESS HOSTED BY CYPRUS The Pancyprian Movement Equal Rights-Equal Responsibilities has generously invited IAW to hold its 37th Congress in Nicosia, Cyprus October 20 - 28, 2017. The venue is: Travel information: Check for visa. Cyprus Below are the papers concerning the meeting. All documents have been circulated. A: General Information: 1. Congres-Programme - List of participants has been sent out B. Pre-Congress Board Meeting 3. Pre-Congress BM-agenda final2 4. Minutes - Board Meeting 2015 -agreed on 5. Minutes of BM in Victoria Falls- agreed on C: Congress 6. Congress 2017 - Agenda for Congress - final 7c Elimination of Violence against Women 7i IAW 1610 Action Plan Co, Democracy (1) (1) 10a message from Constitution Committee 10c BY-Laws to the Constitution adopted 2017 11 CSW62 Rural Women - Statement 2 (1) 12a IAW__Projet_Pads_and_Water_13092017_F 1 2b IAW_Congress_Cyprus_MHM_Resolution_31082017_E 12c IAW_Congress_Cyprus_MHM_Resolution_31082017_F 12d IAW_Congress_Projet_Pads_and_Water_31082017_E 12e 10-17_Resolution-FGM_draft Gudrun 13. Resolution 37th IAW Congress 28th October 2017 - Final (1) C Post-Congress Board Meeting 15. Nomination - Friend of the Editor (1) WORKING GROUPS ADDITIONAL PAPERS Statement - Action Programme 2018 - FINAL (3) Decisions taken by me after the Board in Victoria Falls (2) this is a parallel event at CSW 2018 In collaboration with Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT), International Alliance of Women (IAW), and Global Health 50/50 (based at UCL Centre for Gender and Global Health) The purpose of this side event is to highlight evidence-informed policies and strategies – in line with the mandates of the WHO FCTC-- that will accelerate progress on gender-responsible tobacco control policies. Examples will be used to illustrate concrete actions that policy-makers, NGOs, women and youth groups, health professionals and other stakeholders can take. Side event Flyer - Gender-responsive tobacco control (1) Additional papers IAW_Seminar_Berlin_25102018_Input_WP_project_E_Website_20102018 IAW_Seminar_Berlin_25102018_Input_WP_project_D_Website_20102018 Policy Briefing-Foreign Policy based on Gender Equality (2) Updated September 2018 _CONCISE PROGRAM -An official Parallel Program of the 64th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW64) (Beijing+25) Primary Sponsor: International Bar Association (Women Lawyers Interest Group) Co-Sponsors: American Bar Association SIL (Government and Public Interest Committee); International Alliance of Women; Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum; African Women Lawyers Association INT'L; TRLPLAW. Program Narrative Characterized by free market trade, individualization and a paradigm-shift from state welfare, This unconscionable pursuit of profit inexorably exacerbates a global crisis involving inter-alia, worldwide ecological devastation; poverty/underdevelopment; violence; worsening patriarchal despotism; decreased civil societal influence; increased inequalities and heightened systematic onslaught on women’s rights ubiquitously. Remedially, this program will re-evaluate prevalent neoliberalist defies to the Beijing Declaration vis-a-vis applicable regulatory instruments within international human rights law, whilst establishing much-needed advocacy partnerships for a new world order, towards our rocky journey to 2030. The Program Format This event is to be presented in compliance with specific procedures of the NGO CSW/NY (a group of New York–based women NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council) which is responsible for the organization of parallel events at UN CSW Sessions. The planned format will (as is the norm) comprise an erudite, renowned panel of discussants who will be both gender and geographically diversified -and specially selected by each of the collaborating entities represented for inputs. The schedule will be as planned and presented by the Program Chairs (also from each collaborating entity) who will double up as moderators and who will direct the session. The audience/attendants will also comprise globally-renowned stakeholders with invaluable insights on the topic, subject-matter of discourse who will be specially-invited for their knowledgeable/experienced inputs and vivid participation. PARTICIPANTS Possible Panelists/Specially Invited Stakeholders Thus far: Program Chair(s)/Facilitators/Interim Speakers Olufunmi Oluyede, IBA/ABA/AWLA/TRLPLAW Charandeep Kaur, IBA Women Lawyers Interest Group Oluyemisi Bamgbose, Chair, Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum Meg Strickler, Co-Chair, ABA Government & Public Interest Committee Luz Nagle, Chair, IBA CL Crimes Against Women Committee Mandy Asagba, President, African Women Lawyers Association INT'L Call for Congress May 8 2020 Dear IAW members, A pandemic has locked down the world, and it is very uncertain when it will again be safe and financially feasible to travel across borders and to meet in large groups. The world has changed, and IAW must change with the times. The lockdown must not prevent us from continuing our work for women’s rights. 38th IAW Congress 2020 When the pandemic hit the world, preparations for Congress had already started, and the dates had been set for Congress in November, in Rabat, Morocco hosted by Samira Yassni, president of L’Observatoire Marocain des Droits de Femmes (OMDF). WE owe Samira Yassni many thanks for the work already done. Hopefully we shall be able to go to Rabat in 2021 or 2022. Virtual Congress 2020 All around us, governments, NGOs, the UN and other international bodies, small and big organisations, have responded to the pandemic by having virtual meetings. If all these organisations can work that way, so can IAW. So, after serious and thorough deliberations in the Extended Board and with experts outside IAW, it has now been decided to have a virtual IAW congress. We will meet virtually by means of modern technology. This will be new to many of us, but we will make sure that everybody who wants to participate in Congress will be given the training needed. An opportunity for IAW Meeting in space will be an opportunity for IAW. Many more members will be able to participate. There will be no travel and hotel expenses and no visa difficulties. Of course, we shall miss seeing each other and visiting – in this case- beautiful Rabat, but instead we shall hopefully see many more faces and thus make new friends. A taskforce A taskforce has been established consisting of President Joanna Manganara, Secretary General Olufunmi Oluyede, Soon-Young Yoon, Alison Brown, Lene Pind, Lyda Verstegen, Marion Böker and Ursula Nakamura. The taskforce will look into all aspects of having virtual meetings: the kind of software/ platform we need, rules of participating, virtual voting, moderating, how to train participants etc. Call for Congress On behalf of the IAW Board I hereby call for the 38th Congress to take place within the time period between 24--28 November with Pre-Congress and Post-Congress Board Meetings to be called separately. It is uncertain at this time when exactly within those 4 days the business sessions of Congress will take place, but a precise schedule will of course be sent out later. Congress papers will be sent in due course, including candidate’s lists, nomination forms, agenda, information about the eligibility of board members, registration form etc. I look forward to a new and inspiring Congress Best regards Joanna Manganara Papers pertaining to the preparation of Congress will be made available in Members Area. The password has been circulated to all members. If you have forgotten it, contact Lene Pind at lenepind@gmail.com IAW Parallel events TITLE: Women, Peace and Climate Change in a ‘divided’ Cyprus DATE & TIME: 3/16/22 12:00 PM TITLE: Climate change: Women’s Wisdom versus Military Contribution to Disaster Member organisations ORGANIZATIONS: FREDRIKA BREMER FÖRBUNDET IAW as co-sponsor: ORGANIZATION: San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking (SFCAHT) Co – sponsor: IAW Parallel Event to CSW66 ORGANIZATION: National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco in collaboration with IAW, PROGRAM: Alone: Building Paths from Loneliness to Connection and Belonging REGISTRATION: https://us02web.zoom.us/ Parallel Event to CSW66 ORGANIZATION: International Alliance of Women; Peace Commission: c/o Marion Böker PROGRAM : Women, Peace and Climate Change in a Divided Cyprus REGISTRATION LINK: Parallel Event to CSW66 ORGANIZATION: International Alliance of Women, Peace Commission: c/o Heide Schütz & Rosy Weiss PROGRAM: Women’s Wisdom versus Military Contribution to Disaster REGISTRATION LINK: Parallel Event to CSW66 ORGANIZATION: San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking (SFCAHT)in collaboration with IAW PROGRAM: Addressing the Correlation between Climate Change, Migration and Trafficking of Women & Girls REGISTRATION: https://us02web.zoom.us/ Parallel Event to CSW66 ORGANIZATION: Fredrika Bremer-förbundet / Frederike Bremer Foundation: c/o Camilla Wagner EVENT LINK (no registration needed): Who Owns the World – Men (facebook.com) Parallel Event to CSW66 ORGANIZATION: All India Women’s Conference, South Asian Council for Social Services, and the NGO Committee on Human Rights, NY EVENT DESCRIPTION: This webinar will examine the COVID-19 pandemic’s adverse impact on women’s careers. Worldwide, women have experienced a range of career setbacks, from being the first to lose their service industry jobs, to stepping back from job responsibilities due to increased family and childcare obligations. Unfortunately, the devastating economic and career impacts will be felt for years to come. An international panel of experts from India, the United States and the Caribbean region will take a detailed look at how working women have fared under COVID-19 and recommend targeted solutions. REGISTRATION LINK: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ksEjYPBkTxOCTAoWdaXl8Q?_x_zm_rtaid=t4a1U9R5TdimrxsXaDkDiw.1646966883317.449370f14a8973ad67a7093e0f87b89e&_x_zm_rhtaid=200 Meeting of Presidents of Affiliates and Associates and the Board
_Catcalls, sexist comments, public masturbation, groping, stalking, and
assault. Gender-based street harassment
<http://www.
makes public places uncomfortable and frightening for many girls, women,
and LGBQT people. It limits their access to public spaces.
_*Meet Us On the Street: International Anti-Street Harassment Week is an
opportunity to collectively raise awareness that street harassment
happens and that it is unacceptable. Hundreds of groups and thousands of
people in multiple countries participate every year.
Draft schedule:
Oct 2: Arrivals and registration
Oct 3 - 5: Meetings
Oct 6 - 7: Visit to the UN in Geneva and other places of interest
Oct 8: Departures
The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva, and its partner organizations, will host an NGO Forum as part of the UNECE ( United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regional Review of Beijing+20 (Geneva, 6-7 Nov. 2014).This NGO Forum will examine the 12 critical areas of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, to review progress made, remaining gaps and existing challenges. The Forum will also identify emerging women’s issues brought on by a changing world and seek government accountability for their commitments made to women’s rights, equality and empowerment initiatives. The outcome of the NGO Forum will feed into the ECE Regional Review Process and contribute to the Global Beijing+20 Report, as well as, the post-MDG agenda.
Let's Challenge Militarism and End Gender-Based Violence
25 November: A commemorative event will be hosted from 10am - 12pm in the ECOSOC chamber. The event will feature live performances that highlight the importance of taking the "UN to the streets," as well as a celebration of the work that has already been accomplished.
IMPLEMENTING CEDAW & UN SC RESOLUTION 1325
Prof. Marilou McPhedran, Director Institute for Internat. Women’s Rights,Winnipeg
Legal Framework CEDAW & UN SC Res.1325
Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a weapon of war
Women as agents in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, peace building and reconstruction of societies
Educating for conflict prevention and resolution
Council of Europe / EU South Programme
El– Karama, Cairo
The distribution of resources remains gendered and processes of change, including economic crises, neoliberal reforms, welfare state retrenchment and globalization, have huge gendered impacts.
State University of New York at New Paltz:
Women and Gender are Core to the Field
Social provisioning as a starting point for feminist economics
Challenging the Humanitarian/Development Divide Through a Feminist Economics Lens
-Title: To be confirmed
New advances, new policies: theory, activism and policynaking
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs;http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw60-2016
ANYONE WISHING TO ATTEND THE NGO CSW60 FORUM (INCLUDING PARALLEL EVENTS, REGIONAL CAUCUSES, MORNING BRIEFINGS) IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER.
IAW side event at CSW
Instead of Congress IAW will be holding a Board Meeting in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
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Agenda final-final
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climate-action-programme
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women-in-the-economy-action-programme
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peace
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fao
iaw-1610-action-plan
Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session)
The empowerment of indigenous women
Semeli Hotel, Petraki Giallourou Str 10, Nicosia, 1077 Cyprus
Email: hotel@semelihotel.com.cy - Tel +357 22 452121 Fax +357 22 670200
International Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus
Bus from Larnaca Airport to hotel ( app. 8 Euros) or taxi (app. 55 Euros)
Arrival: October 20 – departure October 28
Cyprus is a beautiful island in the Mediterranean. The weather in October is pleasantly warm.Documents concerning Board Meeting:
_DELEGATES INFORMATION _
INVITE -IAW BERLIN 2018
REG. FORM -IAW BERLINUpdated August 27 2018
WHITHER WOMEN'S PARITY? -NEOLIBERALISM: THE DEVASTATION & INSTITUTIONAL LEGAL REFORMATION
Neoliberalism progressively/unabatedly permeates policies of world governments, international agencies and even, technical agencies of the United Nations.
President
DATE & TIME: 3/17/22 12:00 PM
TITLE: Who owns the world - men
DATE & TIME: 3/19/22 8:00 AM
TITLE: Addressing the Correlation between Climate Change, Migration and Human Trafficking
DATE & TIME: 3/18/22 2:00 PM EST
DATE & TIME: 3/15/22 9:00am EST via Zoom (8:00am PST, 14:00 CET, 18:30 Indian Time)
DATE & TIME: 3/16/22 12:00am EST via Zoom (9:00am PST, 17:00 CET, 21:30 Indian Time)
in collaboration with: HANDS ACROSS THE DIVIDE (CYPRUS)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduGorTwiHdEXoLcJs_V_QmhzMTDycg7f
DATE & TIME: 3/17/22 12:00am EST via Zoom (9:00am PST, 17:00 CET, 21:30 Indian Time)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdO-qpjgrGdUY1qqfIBwjO1_mA7LqadOa
DATE & TIME: 3/18/22 2:00pm EST via Zoom (11:00am PST, 19:00 CET, 23:30 Indian Time)
DATE & TIME: 3/19/22 8:00am EST via Zoom (5:00am PST, 13:00 CET, 17:30 Indian Time)
DATE & TIME: 3/21/22 8:00am EST via Zoom (5:00am PST, 13:00 CET, 17:30 Indian Time)
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