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  • Tue
    11
    Mar
    2014

    CSW side event: Gender Based Violence as a Political Weapon

    4:30 pmUNCC, New York City

    Objectives:

    1. to draw attention to the widespread use of gender-based violence as a political weapon in violation of International Human Rights Conventions.
    2. to discuss what Governments/NGO’s could and should do to combat and prevent this through the implementation and monitoring of UN SC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and its subsequent resolutions.
    3. to formulate a recommendation on the outcome of the discussion. 

    NB. We also want to emphasise how empowerment, participation and leadership of women can protect against and prevent violence. 

    Speakers

    1. Hibaaq Osman, Director KARAMA :  on the situation in the MENA Region and its solution.
    2. Speaker on the situation in the Congo and other countries South of the Sahara and its solution.
    3. Mr Jan Reynders, MenEngage or another member of MenEngage on the situation and role of men.
    4. Government speaker on the importance of NAP 1325 (National Action Plans).
    5. Ms Horeya Megahed, IAW Representative at the Arab League on the role of the Arab League.
    6. Speaker on the role of the Council of Europe 

    Chairs

    1. Director of KARAMA Ms Hibaaq Osman 

    2. President of International Alliance of Women Ms Joanna Manganara.

  • Wed
    12
    Mar
    2014

    CSW side event on the impact of MDG's on rural women

    8:30 amV-Hall, Armenian Convention Center, New York City

    Speakers will include representatives from South Africa, Cameroon and India

  • Thu
    13
    Mar
    2014

    CSW side event on the financial crisis, recession and women

    2:30 pmUNCC, New York City

    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.

    Read more here

  • Sun
    30
    Mar
    2014
    Sat
    05
    Apr
    2014

    Anti-Street Harassment Week

    Around the World

    *What's the Problem?*
    _Catcalls, sexist comments, public masturbation, groping, stalking, and
    assault. Gender-based street harassment
    <http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/about/what-is-street-harassment/>
    makes public places uncomfortable and frightening for many girls, women,
    and LGBQT people. It limits their access to public spaces.

    *_What is It?
    _*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.

    The campaign is sponsored by IAW

     

     

  • Thu
    12
    Jun
    2014
    Sun
    15
    Jun
    2014

    Nordic Forum

    All dayMalmö, Sweden
  • Thu
    02
    Oct
    2014
    Wed
    08
    Oct
    2014

    IAW Board Meeting

    All daySion, Switzerland

    Hosting society: adf/svf
    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

  • Mon
    03
    Nov
    2014
    Wed
    05
    Nov
    2014

    Geneva NGO Forum - Beijing + 20 Review

    Geneva

    Beijing-PosterThe 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. 

    See flyer:
    Beijing+20 NGO Forum savethedate 2014-01-20

  • Mon
    03
    Nov
    2014
    Wed
    05
    Nov
    2014

    Joanna Manganara speaks on Women in the Economy

    Geneva
    On the invitation of the ECE NGO Forum in Geneva Joanna Manganara  speaks at the round table on the BPof A area of concern: Women in the Economy.
  • Mon
    24
    Nov
    2014
    Wed
    10
    Dec
    2014

    16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign

    All dayGlobal event

    2014 Theme:

    From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World:
    Let's Challenge Militarism and End Gender-Based  Violence

    Read more

  • Tue
    25
    Nov
    2014

    The International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women

    All dayNew York

    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: 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. 

    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.

  • Mon
    09
    Mar
    2015
    Fri
    20
    Mar
    2015

    CSW 59/ Beijing + 20

    All dayNew York

    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

    Read more

     

  • Tue
    10
    Mar
    2015

    Lessons Learnt from Women Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide

    4:30 pmCC UN, New York - Boss Room

     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)

     

  • Wed
    11
    Mar
    2015

    DEEDS – NO WORDS Implementing CEDAW & UN Sc resolution 1325 Women – Peace – Security

    6:15 pmCC UN, New York - 10th Floor

    DEEDS – NO WORDS
    IMPLEMENTING CEDAW & UN SC RESOLUTION 1325

    WOMEN – PEACE – SECURITY 

    Keynote speaker:
    Prof. Marilou McPhedran, Director Institute for Internat. Women’s Rights,Winnipeg
    Legal Framework CEDAW & UN SC Res.1325

    Discussants:

    Mavic Cabrera Balleza, Philippines, Global Coordinator of Global Network of Women Peacebuilders:
    Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a weapon of war

    Hibaaq Osman, Cairo, CEO El-Karama
    Women as agents in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, peace building and reconstruction of societies

    Eva Nagy, Norway, International Institute for Peace Education (tbc)
    Educating for conflict prevention and resolution

    Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General Council of Europe (tbc)
    Council of Europe / EU South Programme 

    Moderator. Rosy Weiss, Honorable President of IAW

    Co-chairs: Joanna Manganara, President IAW

        Hibaaq Osman, Founder and CEO El-Karama  

    Co-sponsor:
    El– Karama, Cairo

     

  • Fri
    13
    Mar
    2015

    "Why the future of economics and economic development must be feminist

    10:30 amCC UN, New York

    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
    The distribution of resources remains gendered and processes of change, including economic crises, neoliberal reforms, welfare state retrenchment  and globalization, have huge gendered impacts.

    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
    State University of New York at New Paltz:
    Women and Gender are Core to the Field

    Marilyn Power, Sarah Lawrence University
    Social provisioning as a starting point for feminist economics

    Jennifer Olmsted, Dept of Economics and Director of Middle East studies, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA.
    Challenging the Humanitarian/Development Divide Through a Feminist Economics Lens

    Tulay Atay Avsar-Ana, Anadolu University, Turkey
    -Title: To be confirmed

    Margunn Bjørnholt, Policy and Social Research AS:
    New advances, new policies: theory, activism and policynaking

     

  • Wed
    30
    Sep
    2015

    Advancing universal birth registration: how are legislation, conflict and natural disasters hindering global efforts?

    12.00 - 13.30Room XX111, Palais des Nations , Geneva
  • Tue
    06
    Oct
    2015
    Sun
    11
    Oct
    2015

    International Meeting of IAW

    All dayParis

    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.

  • Fri
    13
    Nov
    2015

    Cities for CEDAW

    1.15 - 2.45 p.mPalais des Nations, UN, Geneva, outside conference room XVI

    lunchtime briefing invite (1)

  • Mon
    14
    Mar
    2016
    Thu
    24
    Mar
    2016

    Commission on the Status of Women

    All dayUN Headquarters, New York

    Violence against women and girls, role of religion considered at UN session — WCC

    ‘Leaving no one behind us’ — World Council of Churches (1)

  • Mon
    14
    Mar
    2016
    Thu
    24
    Mar
    2016

    NGO CSW60 Forum - Key Dates

    All dayNew York

    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: 
     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.
     

    • Online Free Registration to ATTEND: will open on 2 NOVEMBER, 2015 and the deadline to register is 7 MARCH, 2016
    • Online Registration & Application for PARALLEL EVENTS: will open on 2 NOVEMBER, 2015 and the deadline is 11 DECEMBER, 2015
    • Online Registration for CONSULTATION DAY (tentative date, Sunday, 13 March 2016): will open on 8 NOVEMBER, 2015 and the deadline to register is 7 MARCH, 2016
    • Online Registration for NGO RECEPTION (tentative date, Tuesday, 15 March 2016): will open on 8 NOVEMBER, 2015 and the deadline to register is 7 MARCH, 2016
    • Online Registration for NGO CSW WOMEN’S RIGHTS MARCH (tentative date, Friday, 18 March 2016): will open on 8 NOVEMBER, 2015 and the deadline to register is 7 MARCH, 2016
    • Online Registration for HANDBOOK ADS will open on 8 NOVEMBER, 2015 and
      • the deadline  for Print Ads is 31 JANUARY 2016
      • the deadline for Online Ads is 7 MARCH, 2016
    • Online Registration for the ARTISAN FAIR will open on 8 NOVEMBER, 2015 and the deadline is 31 JANUARY 2016.
      • Note: there will be a $25.00 fee to register.
  • Wed
    23
    Mar
    2016

    Women in Decision - Making

    4:30 pmCCUN Hardin

    Women in decision-makingIAW parallel event at CSW

    Women in decision making

  • Wed
    23
    Mar
    2016

    Corporations, Globalization and Women’s Social and Economic Rights

    6.30 - 8.30 pmGA Building - Conference Room 6

    CorporationsIAW side event at CSW

    Corporations, globalization and women's rights

  • Tue
    08
    Nov
    2016
    Wed
    16
    Nov
    2016

    IAW Board Meeting and conference

    All dayVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    victoria-falls-backpackers-slider-01Instead of Congress IAW will be holding a Board Meeting in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    Programme and agenda
    bm-2016-programme-final 
    Agenda final-final 
    dfr-invitation-for-the-iaw-bm-to-berlin-oct-2018-1

    participants-bm-2016-oct-20

    dfr-statement-mipaa-reviewa-new-hr-convention-en_oct-2016
    paper-iaw-bm-session-5-item-35-unscr-1325-a-c-2 session-5-item-33-istanbul-convention

    Constitution documents:

    explanation-of-proposed-changes-to-iaw-constitution-2-2
    constitution-draft-5

    Action programme documents:

    women-in-decision-making
    climate-action-programme
    health-action-programme 
    health-action-programme-texts
    women-in-the-economy-action-programme 
    action-program-human-rights-lyda
    peace 
    iaw-1610-action-plan-co-democracy 
    fao
    iaw-1610-action-plan

    implementing-the-iaw-action-program_vs-gudrun-3

     

  • Sat
    21
    Jan
    2017

    Women's March on Washington and Sister Marches

    Washington DC and many other places

    http://bit.ly/2j0jt1P

    wmw-tee

  • Mon
    13
    Mar
    2017
    Fri
    24
    Mar
    2017

    CSW 61

    UN Headquarters, New York
    • Priority theme: 
      Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
    • Review theme:
      Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session)
    • Emerging issue/Focus area:
      The empowerment of indigenous women

    - See more: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017

     

  • Tue
    14
    Mar
    2017

    Women's Human Rights and the Economics of Climate Change in the Cities

    12.30 - 14.00CCUN 2nd Floor, New York City

    CONGO side event

     

  • Wed
    15
    Mar
    2017

    Sexism's effect on women in the workplace - a parallel event

    14.30 - 15.45UN Church Center Harding room

    Sexism in the workplace

  • Fri
    20
    Oct
    2017
    Sat
    28
    Oct
    2017

    IAW Congress

    All dayCyprus

    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:
    Semeli Hotel, Petraki Giallourou Str 10, Nicosia, 1077 Cyprus
    Email: hotel@semelihotel.com.cy - Tel +357 22 452121 Fax +357 22 670200

    Travel information:
    International Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus
    Bus from Larnaca Airport to hotel ( app. 8 Euros) or taxi (app. 55 Euros)
    Arrival: October 20 – departure October 28

    Check for visa.

    Cyprus
    Cyprus is a beautiful island in the Mediterranean. The weather in October is pleasantly warm.

    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

    7a AP introduction by Joanna

    7b Action Programme Chapeau

    7c Elimination of Violence against Women

    7d Justice and Human Rights

    7e Women & Climate Change

    7f Women and Health

    7g Women and Peace

    7h Women in the Economy

    7i IAW 1610 Action Plan Co, Democracy (1) (1)

    8 FAO - discussion paper

    9 Declaration - Joanna

    10a message from Constitution Committee

    10b Constitution Draft 7

    10c BY-Laws to the Constitution adopted 2017

    10d Constitution 2010-1

    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)

    14. Why CoNGO_ (1)

    C Post-Congress Board Meeting

    15. Nomination - Friend of the Editor (1)

    16. Post-Congress BM- final

    WORKING GROUPS

    Contribution WG 2 

    Rosy OutlineWG3.may17

    Working Group 2

    ADDITIONAL PAPERS

    Statement - Action Programme 2018 - FINAL (3)

    Decisions taken by me after the Board in Victoria Falls (2)

     

  • Mon
    12
    Mar
    2018

    The 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women

    UN Headquarters; new York
  • Fri
    16
    Mar
    2018

    Rural Women's Empowerment - Strategies and Challenges of Women's NGO

    12:30 pmArmenian Convention Center, Guild Hall, New York

    this is a parallel event at CSW 2018

    A5 IAW Flyer 6 (1)

  • Tue
    02
    Oct
    2018

    Gender-responsive tobacco control policies

    1.30 - 2.30 pmWHO - Geneva

    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)

    FINAL SUMMARY Gender and Tobacco

    To know more

  • Tue
    23
    Oct
    2018
    Mon
    29
    Oct
    2018

    IAW Board Meeting and Conference

    All dayBerlin

    Documents concerning Board Meeting:

    Additional papers

    IAW_Seminar_Berlin_25102018_Input_WP_project_E_Website_20102018

    IAW_Seminar_Berlin_25102018_Input_WP_project_D_Website_20102018

    2018 IAW Declaration (1)

    Policy Briefing-Foreign Policy based on Gender Equality (2)

    Updated September 2018

    AGENDA -FINAL

    _CONCISE PROGRAM
    _DELEGATES INFORMATION _
    INVITE -IAW BERLIN 2018

    REG. FORM -IAW BERLIN

    Updated August 27  2018

    • IAW Invitation and registration_27.08.
    • Programm Int Seminar_mit Beschreibung_DEUTSCH
    • Programm Int Seminar_with description_ENGLISH

     

  • Mon
    11
    Mar
    2019
    Fri
    22
    Mar
    2019

    CSW 63 (2019)

    All dayUN Headquarters New York

    IAW report for 2017-18 -action points  by Soon-Young Yoon

  • Fri
    25
    Oct
    2019
    Mon
    28
    Oct
    2019

    International Meeting

    All dayGeneva, Switzerland
  • Mon
    09
    Mar
    2020
    Fri
    20
    Mar
    2020

    CSW64

    All dayUN Headquarters, NewYork
  • Tue
    10
    Mar
    2020

    IAW co-sponsors "Beijing +25: Pivot Point for Intergenerational Activism"

    12:00:

    WomenNC Parallel event proposal for CSW64 FINAL (002)

  • Wed
    11
    Mar
    2020

    IAW co-sponsors "WHITHER WOMEN'S PARITY? -NEOLIBERALISM: THE DEVASTATION & INSTITUTIONAL LEGAL REFORMATION"

    10:30 am4 W 43rd Street, (Aqua Room), NY

    WHITHER WOMEN'S PARITY? -NEOLIBERALISM: THE DEVASTATION & INSTITUTIONAL LEGAL REFORMATION

    -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,
    Neoliberalism progressively/unabatedly permeates policies of world governments, international agencies and even, technical agencies of the United Nations.

    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:

    1. Joanna Manganara, President, Int'l Alliance of Women
    2. Chief Aaron Schildhaus, Past Chair, American Bar Association SIL.
    3. Abike-Dabiri-Erewa, Chair, Nigerian Diaspora Commission/Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria
    4. Deborah Enix Ross, Vice Chair, Int'l Bar Association Bar Issues Commission
    5. Prince Ajibola Oluyede, Principal, TRLPLAW
    6. Vijaya Lakshmi, President, Women Empowerment and Human Resource Development, India
    7. HE Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria
    8. HE Arabirin Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu, First Lady of Ondo State, Nigeria
    9. Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
    10. Stephen Denyer, IBA SPPI/Law Society of England& Wales UK
    11. WomenNC 2019/20 Juanita M. Bryant CSW Scholars, North Carolina, USA
    12. Nancy Stafford, Chair, American Bar Association Section of International Law
    13. HE Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON, Governor, Rivers State of Nigeria

    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

  • Tue
    24
    Nov
    2020
    Sat
    28
    Nov
    2020

    IAW 38th Congress

    All dayVirtual Congress

    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
    President


    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

     

     

     

  • Mon
    14
    Mar
    2022
    Fri
    25
    Mar
    2022

    Commission on the Status of Women 2022 - CSW66

    All dayUN Headquarters, NY + Virtual

    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
    DATE & TIME: 3/17/22 12:00 PM


    Member organisations

    ORGANIZATIONS: FREDRIKA BREMER FÖRBUNDET
    TITLE: Who owns the world - men
    DATE & TIME: 3/19/22 8:00 AM


    IAW as co-sponsor:

    ORGANIZATION: San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking (SFCAHT)

    Co – sponsor: IAW
    TITLE: Addressing the Correlation between Climate Change, Migration and Human Trafficking
    DATE & TIME: 3/18/22 2:00 PM EST

     

  • Tue
    15
    Mar
    2022

    Alone: Building Paths from Loneliness to Connection and Belonging

    9:00 amPacific Standard Time via Zoom

    Parallel Event to CSW66
    DATE & TIME: 3/15/22 9:00am EST via Zoom (8:00am PST, 14:00 CET, 18:30 Indian Time)

    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/meeting/register/tZEscuysrzgtE9NKTPHS03WeC_9mlu5EUJZA

  • Wed
    16
    Mar
    2022

    Women, Peace and Climate Change in a ‘divided’ Cyprus

    12:00 pmEastern Time Zone (EST) via Zoom

    Parallel Event to CSW66
    DATE & TIME: 3/16/22 12:00am EST via Zoom (9:00am PST, 17:00 CET, 21:30 Indian Time)

    ORGANIZATION: International Alliance of Women; Peace Commission: c/o Marion Böker
    in collaboration with: HANDS ACROSS THE DIVIDE (CYPRUS)

    PROGRAM : Women, Peace and Climate Change in a Divided Cyprus

    REGISTRATION LINK:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoduGorTwiHdEXoLcJs_V_QmhzMTDycg7f 

  • Thu
    17
    Mar
    2022

    Climate change: Women’s Wisdom versus Military Contribution to Disaster

    12:00 pmEastern Time Zone (EST) via Zoom

    Parallel Event to CSW66
    DATE & TIME: 3/17/22 12:00am EST via Zoom (9:00am PST, 17:00 CET, 21:30 Indian Time)

    ORGANIZATION: International Alliance of Women, Peace Commission: c/o Heide Schütz & Rosy Weiss

    PROGRAM: Women’s Wisdom versus Military Contribution to Disaster

    REGISTRATION LINK:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdO-qpjgrGdUY1qqfIBwjO1_mA7LqadOa

  • Fri
    18
    Mar
    2022

    Addressing the Correlation between Climate Change, Migration and Human Trafficking

    2:00 pmEastern Time Zone (EST) via Zoom

    Parallel Event to CSW66
    DATE & TIME: 3/18/22 2:00pm EST via Zoom (11:00am PST, 19:00 CET, 23:30 Indian Time)

    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/meeting/register/tZckce-srT4tE9YOmfIU9yXpuYf8cQkZn8iM

  • Sat
    19
    Mar
    2022

    Who owns the world – men

    8:00 amEastern Time Zone (EST) via Zoom

    Parallel Event to CSW66
    DATE & TIME: 3/19/22 8:00am EST via Zoom (5:00am PST, 13:00 CET, 17:30 Indian Time)

    ORGANIZATION: Fredrika Bremer-förbundet / Frederike Bremer Foundation: c/o Camilla Wagner

    EVENT LINK (no registration needed): Who Owns the World – Men (facebook.com)

  • Mon
    21
    Mar
    2022

    Working Women under COVID-19 : Unprecedented Challenges and Career Setbacks

    8:00 amEastern Time Zone (EST) via Zoom

    Parallel Event to CSW66
    DATE & TIME: 3/21/22 8:00am EST via Zoom (5:00am PST, 13:00 CET, 17:30 Indian Time)

    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

  • Sat
    24
    Sep
    2022

    International Meeting 2022

    All dayVirtual

    Meeting of Presidents of Affiliates and Associates and the Board

  • Sun
    25
    Sep
    2022

    Pre-Congress Board Meeting #1

    All dayVirtual
  • Sun
    20
    Nov
    2022

    Pre-Congress Board Meeting 2022 #2

  • Sat
    26
    Nov
    2022
    Mon
    28
    Nov
    2022

    Congress XXXIX 2022

    All dayVirtual
  • Sat
    03
    Dec
    2022

    Post-Congress Board Meeting

    All dayVirtual

    Meeting of the Board Elected at Congress 2022

  • Mon
    06
    Mar
    2023
    Fri
    17
    Mar
    2023

    67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67)

  • Wed
    14
    Jun
    2023

    Open Executive Committee Meeting

    8:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 16:00 WAT / 17:00 CEST / 20:30 IST / 13.06. 01:00 AESTonline link will be provided by e-mail
  • Wed
    12
    Jul
    2023

    Open Executive Committee Meeting

    Time to be announcedonline
  • Fri
    04
    Aug
    2023

    Meeting of IAW International Representatives

    7:00 EDT, 11:00 UTC, 13:00 CEST, 16:30 IST, 21:00 AESTOnline, please register with the Secretary General
  • Wed
    09
    Aug
    2023

    Open Executive Committee Meeting

    15:00 GMT/UTC, 17:00 CEST/SAST, 20:45 NPT, 8:00 PDT & 11:00 EDTonline
  • Tue
    29
    Aug
    2023

    Meeting of the Human Rights Commission

    6:00 PDT, 9:00 EDT, 13:00 UTC, 15:00 CEST, 18:30 IST, 23:00 AESTOnline, please register with the Convenor of the Commission by August 25, details below (link in English, lien en français)

    Insights into IAW's Human Rights Commission. Do you want to join?

    Aperçu de la Commission des Droits Humains de l'AIF. Vous voulez participer ?

  • Tue
    29
    Aug
    2023

    Debriefing CSW67 - Briefing CSW68

    8:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 17:00 CEST, 20:30 IST, (01:00 AEST, 30.08.)Online, please register with the Core Group by August 20, details below (details below (link in English, lien en français) )

    Invitation to CSW Meeting of August 29, 2023 EN

    Invitation à la réunion de la CSW du 29 août 2023 FR

  • Wed
    13
    Sep
    2023

    Open Executive Committee Meeting

    15:00 GMT/UTC, 17:00 CEST/SAST, 20:45 NPT, 8:00 PDT & 11:00 EDTonline
  • Sat
    23
    Sep
    2023
    Sun
    24
    Sep
    2023

    Board Meeting in September 2023

    6:00 PDT, 9:00 EDT, 13:00 UTC, 15:00 CEST, 18:30 IST, 18:45 NPT 23:00 AESTonline

    Board Meeting Invitation

    Agenda Board Meeting / Ordre du Jour de la Réunion du Bureau

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