IFUW reads statement to United Nations
IFUW read an oral statement to the United Nations in New York during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The three-minute statement was singular in that it focused on education for girls and women. Read the statement
GWI Day in Dublin
On 24 May 2014, the Irish Federation will celebrate GWI Day with a seminar in Dublin. Speaker Frédérique Vallières will present “Women’s role in achieving a sustainable future through Education”, a paper that she presented to IFUW in Istanbul in August 2013. Her research focused on the education of young girls as a means to combat early marriage in the Maasai of Tanzania. Dr Vallières contends that education is now seen as one way to provide a sustainable economic future for the young...
Women in detention
Marginalised and vulnerable women must be included in the post-2015 agenda. Members, login to read IFUW’s latest Policy Update on “Girls and Women in Detention, Displacement and Refugee Camps”.
International Women’s Day
IFUW urges states to commit to a standalone goal for secondary education, literacy and numeracy for girls and women in the post-2015 agenda. Read IFUW press release
