Women in science: a necessity!
On March 19th the L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO will present the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science awards to five outstanding women scientists. A status report to be revealed addresses the underrepresentation of women in the scientific professions and underscores the fact that the situation has improved only slightly over the past ten years. Read IFUW’s brochure on Women in Science IFUW, in partnership with UNESCO, CERN AND ITU, calls for gender balance in science and...
Commission on the Status of Women
Twenty delegates from IFUW will travel next weekend to the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. What is IFUW’s position on the status of women? Login to read our key messages, statements and brochure on women in...
Syrian peace talks
Based on the letter template sent by IFUW to its members about including Syrian women at the Syrian peace talks on January 22 in Geneva, IFUW’s German Federation of Graduate Women wrote a letter entitled: “Peace Negotiations without Syrian Women?” to the German Foreign Minister and the Federal Minister of Women’s Affairs on 10.12.2013. This letter was also sent to the National Council of German Women’s Organizations (Deutscher Frauenrat) which published this letter on its website on 13.01.2014 and sent it to its 10,000 members in a newsletter: http://www.frauenrat.de/deutsch/infopool/nachrichten/informationdetail/article/friedensverhandlungen-ohne-syrische-frauen.html...
1 billion rising
IFUW stands up for women’s secondary, tertiary, continuing and non-conventional education. Rise with us! Make a donation to educate women Support the cause by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter (@IFUWomen) Subscribe to our Update newsletter Join the cause – become a member One Billion Rising is a global campaign to end to violence against women, rise for justice and promote gender equality. The “billion” refers to the UN statistic that one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime, or about one...
Commission for Social Development
These three things derail women from reaching their potential: • Adolescent pregnancy and child marriage • Gender-based violence • Low-paid and unpaid care work Read IFUW’s statement submitted to the Commission for Social Development (CSocD52) which is currently taking place from 11 – 21 February 2014 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtags #csocd and...
