ICJW has written letters of protest to the Turkish Ambassador to the United States, the Turkish UN Representative, and to UN Women, the Human Rights Committee in NY, and the Commission on the Status of Women, condemning Turkey’s withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, […]
This week’s extraordinary push by women to be recognised as equal citizens coincides with the world’s biggest meeting of women at the UN Commission on the Status of Women based in New York. In the past few days huge public gatherings of women in Britain and Australia have responded to recent events in their communities […]
Who is Nasrin Sotoudeh? Why does she matter so much? Debby Altow, Vice President of ICJW and Vice President of NCJW Canada, explains. In December 2020, Queens University in Canada conferred an honorary degree on the Iranian human rights campaigner Nasrin Sotoudeh, to recognize her profound contributions to the decades-long struggle for human rights and […]
The International Council of Jewish Women was invited to participate in an international online webinar organized by the World Union of Catholic Women Organizations (WUCWO) to mark International Women’s Day. It was entitled “Women Reading Fratelli tutti”, which is Pope Francis’ new Social Encyclical, encouraging fraternity and social friendship as the ways to build a […]
On March 8 2021, women around the globe will celebrate International Women’s Day. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day 2021 is ‘WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP – ACHIEVING AN EQUAL FUTURE IN A COVID – 19 WORLD.’ The Campaign theme is ‘CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE’. This short punchy phrase aptly describes women’s current lives: our challenging […]
In January 2021, Israel become one of the first countries to enforce a ban on the use of prostitutes, and also announced a program to cancel the criminal records of convicted prostitutes. Israel is one of the world’s most progressive countries on the issue of prostitution, along with Sweden, Canada, France and Ireland. The new […]
The first part of the Autumn session of the Council of Europe Conference of INGOs (International NGOs) was held entirely online. (The second part will take place from December 15-16, 2020.) Anna Rurka, President of the INGOs welcomed the speakers of the different sessions and the 400 virtual participants. In such unprecedented circumstances, Mrs. M.Pejcinovic […]
The Council of Women’s Organizations in Israel (CWOI) has played a key role in securing the establishment of a national authority dedicated to the eradication of domestic violence. Announcing this new authority at a Knesset committee meeting on November 23, 2020, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Israel’s Prime […]
Madeleine Brecher, ICJW’s UN Representative to the Committee on the Status of Women in New York, attended a virtual inter-generational discussion, billed as the Beijing +25 Civil Society Town Hall, to discuss building a better future for women and girls. On 19 October 2020, UN Women held a live-stream 90-minute webinar with polling and Q&A […]
Judy Mintz, ICJW’s UN representative to the Working Group on Girls (WGG) attended a Townhall Meeting in New York on Girls’ Rights to mark International Day of the Girl 2020. The start of the 11 Days of Action around International Day of the Girl on October 11 was marked by a Townhall Meeting with 110 […]
