The 2021 UN CSW65 events took place from March 15 – 26, 2021, online and open to everyone worldwide. (Last year’s United Nations Commission on the Status of Women event was cancelled because of the COVID pandemic.) This year’s CSW Priority Theme was “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as […]
You are invited to watch this webinar to meet the ICJW United Nations New York Team. It took place on Sunday, February 21 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) but it can now be watched here on the ICJW YouTube channel. (You can also see other videos of our past webinars here, including […]
On January 24, 2021, ICJW held a webinar discussion to continue the conversation about involving younger women in the work of our organization and our affiliates. We invited three of the young women who were featured in our 2020 Newsletter to address the topic of “Bridging the Gap” between younger women and women’s organizations. Over […]
Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27, 2021, focused on the theme “Facing the Aftermath: Recovery and Reconstitution after the Holocaust”. The United Nations in New York ran virtual remembrance and educational events during January and February that were viewed around the world. The theme of the program was the measures taken in the immediate aftermath […]
When I was approached over 3 years ago and asked if I would consider putting my name forward as the next President of ICJW, I made two lists. One in favour of accepting and one against. Top of the list for accepting was “Meeting Affiliates”, and next was the ability to travel and see the […]
ICJW has joined the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations (CRNGO), representing Jewish women around the world. Fran Butensky, ICJW Representative at the UN in New York, reports. ICJW was invited to join this committee and we have accepted a position on their Bureau. We have been attending meetings in person and now […]
ICJW’s Karmela Belinki addressed the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 26, 2020, as one of four representatives of Civil Society who took the floor on the third day of the High Level Segment. She was invited by the Geneva NGO Committee on Human Rights, and she spoke about gender […]
ICJW is involved in the campaign: UNRWA: Stop Teaching Hate, which examines the curriculum of hatred that is being taught to Palestinian children. They have put together a presentation about this issue entitled “The Path to Peace”. Campaign founder and co-chair Dr. Joan Lurie Goldberg says “We believe that the path to peace begins in […]
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Council of Women’s Organizations in Israel organized a high-profile meeting at the Knesset on November 27, 2019. Despite the political hiatus and lack of government, the event took place in one of the Knesset’s largest meeting rooms. It was well attended by […]
The Czech Council of Jewish Women organized a discussion about the Grassroots Struggle for Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians, as part of the FORUM 2000 – Festival of Democracy in Prague in October 2019. CJW President Alice Gruenfeld Vesela explains how they invited two speakers from the Middle East to attend the conference and speak […]
