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INLW is an association of women from countries world-wide who support the principles of liberalism.
Membership is open to all liberal groups, parties and organisations, as well as individual persons, who support INLW aims.
The activities of INLW are inspired also on the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. INLW performs these principles which are the basis of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against women (CEDAW). |
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In conjunction with the 57th Liberal International Congress to be hold in Manila 16 to 20 June 2011 INLW will celebrate a General Meeting and Management Board Meeting and also a Round Table together CALD Woman's CAUCUS in on Free and Fair Trade and Women’s Human Rights, attending.
INLW President, Joaquima Alemany, Depty President Margaret de Vos van Steenwijk, Vice-President Christine de Saint Genois, Acting Vice-President Mu Sochua, Secretary General Maria Lluïsa Florensa and Deputy Assistant Sílvia Flury and other members
This joint roundtable table will discuss “Benefits of free and fair trade for women”, “Women’s human rights: the externalities of free and fair trade”, “Policies for women: national, regional and global responses”.
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| | | :: | International Women’s Day/8 March 2011 | | | | The International Network of Liberal Women, shares this part of the new publication of UN WOMEN about the International Women’s Day.
“This year marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
The day was commemorated for the first time on the 19 march 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. More than a million women and men attended rallies on that first commemoration. Since then, the International Women’s Day has been celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It is an occasion for looking back on past struggles and accomplishments, and more importantly, for looking ahead to the untapped potential and opportunities that await future generations of women.”
In order to increase these potentials and opportunities INLW appeals to all women and men, institutions, governments, Parliaments, political parties and NGO’s not to lower the guard on the following issues and monitor them accurately such as:
· women’s rights to full and equal participation in governmental, public and private administration in decision-making positions and in gender mainstreaming policies;
· women’s and girls rights to gender perspective, quality and equitable education;
· women’s rights to appropriate HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and protection services, information of and access to
reproductive and sexual health and overall quality healthcare;
· women’s rights to access and control of natural resources and environmental management;
· women’s rights to macroeconomic and development strategies and eradication of poverty;
· women’s property and legal rights;
· women’s rights to protection of their lives in all sorts of military, communal and ethnic violence;
· women’s human rights, comprising all forms of discrimination against women.
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| | | :: | Human Rights Day: Stand up against discrimination! | | | |
Human rights defenders acting against discrimination, often at great personal risk to both themselves and their families, are being recognized and acclaimed on this day.
Human rights defenders speak out against abuse and violations including discrimination, exclusion, oppression and violence. They advocate justice and seek to protect the victims of human rights violations. They demand accountability for perpetrators and transparency in government action. In so doing, they are often putting at risk their own safety, and that of their families.
Some human rights defenders are famous, but most are not. They are active in every part of the world, working alone and in groups, in local communities, in national politics and internationally.
Human Rights Day 2010 will highlight and promote the achievements of human rights defenders and it will again emphasize the primary responsibility Governments have to enable and protect their role. The Day is also intended to inspire a new generation of defenders to speak up and take action to end discrimination in all of its forms whenever and wherever it is manifested.
The story does not end after 10 December 2010. Also INLW/International Network of Liberal Women will continue to give support to all human rights defenders in all spots of the earth, where they stand up against any discriminations.
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