The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) is an international non-governmental organization established in l976 following the United Nations International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City. With a commitment to empowering people and building communities, IWTC provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women, particularly low-income women, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia. More...
NGO Statement for the 1325 Expert
Group Meeting in the lead up to the International Colloquium on Women’s
Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security
January 15, 2009; Monrovia, Liberia
We thank the International
Steering Committee and the Ministry of Gender and Development of Liberia for
this opportunity to present the NGO perspective on the issues of women’s
participation in peace negotiations and peace processes; and gender-responsive
justice and security in this Expert Group Meeting.
We are speaking on behalf of various NGOs and
women’s groups working around the world for the full and effective
implementation Resolution 1325. To read the statement: [English][Spanish]
#357: WE MARK THE PASSING OF HELVI SIPILA, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST Helvi Sipila died on Friday 15 May 2009 in Helsinki, Finland, at
the age of 94. Known as Minister Helvi Sipila in Finland, for women worldwide,
Helvi’s death marks the passing of a great star in the firmament of women’s
human rights and one who will be long-remembered for all that she achieved in
her remarkable lifetime. Born Helvi Maukola in 1915
Helvi Sipila seemed destined for prominence from the very beginning. The
midwife at the hospital where Helvi was born told her mother, “Your child will
be a leader. When she begins to cry, all the other babies cry and when she
stops, they do too.” (Helvi Sipila, Woman at the Top of the World, edited by
Irma Kuntuu, Keuruu, Finland (1979). More... #356: COMMISSION
ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN WRAP-UP AND THE GEAR CAMPAIGN
The 53rd Commission on the
Status of Women rolled to a close on March 13, 2009, with a hard-won set of
Agreed Conclusions on the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and
men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS -- its priority theme, as
well as several resolutions on women’s empowerment. The outcome document, which
is the principal output of each commission, urges governments to use policy to
scale up efforts significantly to achieve universal access to comprehensive
prevention programs, treatment, care and support by 2010. Governments recognized the increased
feminization of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the need to review existing HIV/AIDS
policies to ensure that they reduce women’s vulnerability to the disease. They also highlighted the need to improve and
promote accessibility to quality public health-care services, and design
programs that encourage men’s responsibility for home-based care. More...
IWTC has produced four sets of prototype radio programs about UNSCR 1325 in partnership with community broadcasters and women's organizations in the Philippines, Uganda, Liberia and Sierra Leone.Click here to find out more and listen in...
What is UNSCR 1325? What is the UN Security Council Resolution 1325? It’s a landmark document that marks the first time the UN Security Council addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women and recognized their contributions to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building. This same document stressed the importance of women’s equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security.
Women, Ink. is the bookstore of the International Women’s Tribune Centre (IWTC) that markets and distributes resources that focus on the perspectives of women from developing nations or in United Nations language, the Global South. Women, Ink. has a strong committment to giving visibility to books published in the Global South and continuously updates and includes new resources that meet the needs of women worldwide. Women, Ink. carries materials from international organizations and small presses in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. New resources are always welcome. More...
The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) was formed in May 2000 to successfully advocate for a UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) on women, peace and security. This was achieved collaboratively with the unanimous adoption of SCR 1325 on 31 October 2000. Now, the NGOWG advocates for and monitors the participation of women, prevention of conflict and protection of all civilians, to ensure full and rapid implementation of SCR 1325’s promises.
Giving a voice to issues of significant importance to women’s lives in the present global and local contexts, using community and commercial radio, internet radio, written press (women owned and mainstream media), electronic lists and TV news.
The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) is an international non-governmental organization established in l976 following the United Nations International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City. With a commitment to empowering people and building communities, IWTC provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women, particularly low-income women, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia. 
