The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: Alliance Internationale des Femmes, AIF) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

and

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

. It was historically the main international organization that campaigned for

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...

. IAW stands for an inclusive,

intersectional Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Intersectionality identifies multiple factors of adva ...

and progressive

liberal feminism Liberal feminism, also called mainstream feminism, is a main branch of feminism defined by its focus on achieving gender equality through political and legal reform within the framework of liberal democracy. It is often considered culturally ...

. IAW's principles state that all genders are "born equally free nd areequally entitled to the free exercise of their individual rights and liberty," that "women’s rights are human rights" and that "human rights are universal, indivisible and interrelated." IAW is traditionally the dominant

international non-governmental organization An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope. NGOs are independent of government ...

within the liberal (or bourgeois) women's movement. The basic principle of IAW is that the full and equal enjoyment of

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is due to all women and girls. It is one of the oldest, largest and most influential organizations in its field. The organization was founded as the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) in 1904 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, Germany, by

Carrie Chapman Catt Carrie Chapman Catt (; January 9, 1859 Fowler, p. 3 – March 9, 1947) was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt ...

Millicent Fawcett Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett; 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English politician, writer and feminist. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights associati ...

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to s ...

and other leading feminists from around the world to campaign for

. IWSA was headquartered in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, and it was the preeminent international women's suffrage organization. Its emphasis has since shifted to a broad human rights focus. As part of the liberal women's rights movement IAW maintained a clear pro-

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stance throughout the

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. Today it represents over 50 organizations world-wide comprising several hundred thousand members, and has its seat in

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. From 1926, the organization had strong ties to the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

. Since 1947, IAW has had

general consultative status The consultative status is a phrase whose use can be traced to the founding of the United Nations and is used within the UN community to refer to "Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Soc ...

to the

United Nations Economic and Social Council The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; french: links=no, Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, ) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields ...

, the highest UN status possible for a non-governmental organization, the fourth organization to be granted this status. IAW also has participatory status with the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

. It has representatives at the

UN headquarters The United Nations is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States, and the complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1951. It is in the Turtle Bay, Manhattan, Turtle Bay neig ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, the UN office in

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UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, the

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

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and the

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

. It also has representatives to the

Arab League The Arab League ( ar, الجامعة العربية, ' ), formally the League of Arab States ( ar, جامعة الدول العربية, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, E ...

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

and the Gulf Countries Council in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

, and is a member of the

European Women's Lobby The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organization of women's associations in the European Union, founded in 1990, working to promote women's rights and equality between women and men, and representing a total of more than 200 ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. IAW's working languages are English and French. In 1904 IAW's adopted yellow/gold as its color, the color associated with the mainstream women's rights movement in the United States since the 19th century. IAW understands

LGBT rights Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Notably, , 33 ...

as an integral part of feminism and has expressed concern over "anti-trans voices

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are becoming ever louder and

are threatening feminist solidarity across borders."

History

The International Alliance of Women, formerly the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, is historically the most important international organization within the bourgeois-liberal women's movement. The decision for the establishment of the organization was taken in

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

in 1902 by suffragists frustrated at the reluctance of the

International Council of Women The International Council of Women (ICW) is a women's rights organization working across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington, D.C., with ...

to support women's suffrage. The Alliance was formally constituted during the 2nd conference in

in 1904 as the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA), and was headquartered in

for much of its history. Its founders included

Helene Lange Helene Lange (9 April 1848 in Oldenburg – 13 May 1930 in Berlin) was a pedagogue and feminist. She is a symbolic figure of the international and German civil rights feminist movement. In the years from 1919 to 1921 she was a member of the Hamb ...

Anita Augspurg Anita Theodora Johanna Sophie Augspurg (22 September 1857 – 20 December 1943) was a German jurist, actress, writer, activist of the radical feminist movement and a pacifist. Biography Augspurg was born the youngest daughter of the lawyer ...

Rachel Foster Avery Rachel Foster Avery (December 30, 1858 – October 26, 1919) was active in the American women's suffrage movement during the late 19th century, working closely with Susan B. Anthony and other movement leaders. She rose to be corresponding secr ...

, and

Käthe Schirmacher Käthe Schirmacher ( Danzig, 6 August 1865 – Meran, 18 November, 1930) was a German writer, journalist, and political activist who was considered to be one of the leading advocates for women's rights and the international women's movement in th ...

. Amongst subsequent congresses were those held in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

(1906),

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

(1908),

(1909),

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

(June 1911), and

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

(1913). The

French Union for Women's Suffrage The French Union for Women's Suffrage (UFSF: french: italic=no, Union française pour le suffrage des femmes) was a French feminist organization formed in 1909 that fought for the right of women to vote, which was eventually granted in 1945. The Un ...

(UFSF), founded in February 1909, was formally recognized by the IWFA congress in London in April 1909 as representing the French suffrage movement. IWSA also started its own monthly journal, the ''Jus Suffragii''. IWSA, influenced by moderate liberal feminist Millicent Fawcett against the militancy of suffragettes in the style of

Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst ('' née'' Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was an English political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote. In 1999, ''Time'' named her as one of the 100 Most Impo ...

, refused membership to the

WSPU The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and ...

at their 1906 Copenhagen meeting. In the late 1920s the organization changed its name to the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, and in 1946 this was altered to its current name, International Alliance of Women. The first Executive Board included

(President),

(1st Vice President), Donovan Bolden (2nd Vice President) and

(Secretary). The organization's first President Carrie Chapman Catt also founded the

League of Women Voters The League of Women Voters (LWV or the League) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization in the United States. Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, and advocating for vot ...

in the United States during her presidency. IAW maintained a clear pro-

stance throughout the

Francisca de Haan Francisca de Haan is a Dutch historian and writer who specializes in women's and gender history. From 2002 until 2022, she has taught at the Central European University, first in Budapest and since 2020 located in Vienna, where she is now Professo ...

, ''Rosa Manus (1881–1942)'', p. 17, BRILL, 2016, ISBN 9789004333185 The organization's traditional colour, used to symbolize women's rights and women's suffrage, is yellow. IAW's members in the

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were also members of the

Joint Organization of Nordic Women's Rights Associations The Joint Organization of Nordic Women's Rights Associations ( sv, Nordiska kvinnosaksföreningars samorganisation; NKS) was an umbrella organization for the bourgeois-liberal women's rights movement in the Nordic countries. It was founded in Stoc ...

Policies

LGBT+ rights

IAW shares the mainstream feminist position on LGBT+ rights and views the struggle for

LGBT+ rights Rights affecting lesbian, gay, Bisexuality, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the Capital punishment for homosexualit ...

as an integral part of feminism. In 2021 IAW and its affiliate, the Icelandic Women's Rights Association (IWRA), organized a CSW forum on how the women's rights movement could counter "anti-trans voices

are becoming ever louder and

are threatening feminist solidarity across borders," where IAW President Marion Böker discussed her organization's trans-inclusive position. IWRA has stated that "IWRA works for the rights of ''all'' women – feminism without trans women is no feminism at all." IAW's Danish affiliate, the

Danish Women's Society The Danish Women's Society or DWS ( da, Dansk Kvindesamfund) is Denmark's oldest women's rights organization. It was founded in 1871 by activist Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer; Fredrik was a Member of Parliament and the 1908 Nobel Peac ...

, has said that it takes

homophobia Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitude (psychology), attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, h ...

and

transphobia Transphobia is a collection of ideas and phenomena that encompass a range of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender people or transness in general. Transphobia can include fear, aversion, hatred, violence or anger tow ...

very seriously, that "we support all initiatives that promote the rights of gay and transgender people" and that "we see the LGBTQA movement as close allies in the struggle against inequality and we fight together for a society where gender and sexuality do not limit an individual." IAW's Norwegian affiliate, the

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...

, supports legal protections against discrimination and hate speech on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. IAW affiliates such as

Deutscher Frauenring Deutscher Frauenring e.V. (DFR) is a non-partisan political advocacy organisation and the leading women's organization in Germany, founded in 1949 in Bad Pyrmont to promote the interests of women in all areas of society. During the Cold War, it ...

advocate for trans-inclusive feminism. The Icelandic Women's Rights Association has published a report on improving the situation of non-binary people in Iceland.

Conferences

* 1st, Washington, D.C., 1902 *

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, Berlin, 1904 *

3rd Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (d ...

, Copenhagen, 1906 * 4th, Amsterdam, 1908 * 5th, London, 1909 * 6th, Stockholm, 1911 *

7th 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...

, Budapest, 1913 *

8th 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

, Geneva, 1920 * 9th, Rome, 1923 * 10th, Paris, 1926 * 11th, Berlin, 1929 * 12th, Istanbul, 1935 * 13th, Copenhagen, 1939 * 14th, Interlaken, 1946 * 15th, Amsterdam, 1949 * 16th, Naples, 1952 * 17th, Colombo, Ceylon, 1955 * 18th, Athens, 1958 * 19th, Dublin, 1961 * 21st, England, 1967 * 22nd, Konigstein, West Germany, 1970 * 23rd, New Delhi, 1973

Organization

An International Congress is held triennially in the home country of a member organization, and elects the Executive Board. The current President and Chief Representative to the United Nations is Cheryl Hayles. The Executive Board also includes the Secretary-General, the Treasurer and until 20 other members, including two Executive Vice Presidents as well as Vice Presidents for Europe, the Arab countries, the

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, and South Asia.

Presidents

(USA) 1904–1923 #Dame

Margery Corbett Ashby Dame Margery Irene Corbett Ashby, ( Corbett; 19 April 1882 – 15 May 1981) was a British suffragist, Liberal politician, feminist and internationalist. Background She was born at Danehill, East Sussex, the daughter of Charles Corbett, a barri ...

(UK) 1923–1946 #

Hanna Rydh Hanna Albertina Rydh (12 February 1891 – 29 June 1964) was a Swedish archaeologist and politician for the Liberal People's Party (Sweden), Liberal People's Party. She served as a Member of Parliament in the Riksdag from 1943 to 1944 and was the ...

(Sweden) 1946–1952 # Ester Graff (Denmark) 1952–1958 #

Ezlynn Deraniyagala Ezlynn Isabel Améliè Deraniyagala (1908 – 1973) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and feminist, who was the first female barrister in the country. Early life and education Ezlynn Isabel Améliè Obeyesekere was born in 1908, the only daughter and ...

(Sri Lanka) 1958–1964 #

Begum Anwar Ahmed Begum Anwar Ahmed was a Pakistani feminist, who served as chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 1958 and as the 6th president of the International Alliance of Women The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: ...

(Pakistan) 1964–1970 #

Edith Anrep Edith Anrep (16 September 1912 – 11 November 2012) was a Swedish lawyer and feminist. She served as the 7th President of the International Alliance of Women from 1970 to 1973. In Sweden she was President of the Fredrika Bremer Association The ...

(Sweden) 1970–1973 # Irène de Lipkowski (France) 1973–1979 # Olive Bloomer (UK) 1979–1989 # Alice Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos (Greece) 1989–1996 # Patricia Giles (Australia) 1996–2004 # Rosy Weiss (Austria) 2004–2010 # Lyda Verstegen (The Netherlands) 2010–2013 # Joanna Manganara (Greece) 2013–2020 # Cheryl Hayles (Canada) 2020–2021 # Marion Böker (Germany) 2021–

Current status

The IAW represents more than 50 organizations world-wide as well as individual members. The IAW was granted general consultative status to the

, the highest level possible, in 1947, and has participatory status with the

. The IAW has permanent representatives in

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and

and addresses the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

through its membership in the European Women’s LobbyEWL member organizations
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. The IAW's current representative to the UN headquarters,

Soon-Young Yoon Soon-Young Yoon is a Korean-American advocate for women's human rights and author of "Citizen of the World -- Soon-Young and the UN". She currently serves as a United Nations representative of the International Alliance of Women and Chair of the Boa ...

, is also chair of the

NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO/CSW/NY) is one of three women's committees of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN ( CoNGO). Established in 1972, it provides an open forum for women's voices to be ...

. The IAW pays particular attention to the universal ratification and implementation without reservation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ( CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol. The current IAW Commissions deal with the topics: Justice and Human Rights; Democracy; Peace; Elimination of Violence and Health.

Members

;Affiliates (full members) *

Association des femmes de l’Europe Méridionale Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

, *

All India Women's Conference The All India Women's Conference (AIWC) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Delhi. It was founded in 1927 by Margaret Cousins in order to improve educational efforts for women and children and has expanded its scope to also tackle ...

, *

All Pakistan Women's Association The All Pakistan Women's Association, or APWA, ( ur, آل پاکستان ویمنز ایسوسی ایشن) as it is commonly known, is a voluntary, non-profit and non-political Pakistani organisation whose fundamental aim is the promotion of mo ...

, * Association Suisse pour les Droits de la Femme, * Bangladesh Mahila Samity, * CILAF-LFDF, *

Coterie of Social Workers The Coterie of Social Workers is a women's organization, established in 1921 in Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies to engage in empowering women as well as providing benevolent assistance to the poor and disadvantaged. It was the first organiz ...

, * Country Women’s Association of India, *

, *

German Association of Female Citizens The German Association of Female Citizens (german: italic=no, Deutscher Staatsbürgerinnen-Verband) is the oldest German women's rights organisation, founded on 18 October 1865. History The association was created by Louise Otto-Peters and Auguste ...

, * Fédération des Femmes Burkinabe, * Frauen Netzwerk für Frieden, * Frederika Bremer Förbundet, * Hoda Chawari Association, *Israel Federation of the

Women's International Zionist Organization The Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO; he, ויצו ') is a volunteer organization dedicated to social welfare in all sectors of Israeli society, the advancement of the status of women, and Jewish education in Israel and the Diasp ...

, * Kvenréttindafélag Íslands, *

League of Women Voters of Japan The League of Women Voters of Japan (''Nihon'' ''Fujin Yūkensha Dōmei'') is a Japanese NGO advocating equal rights for women. It was established by Senator Fusae Ichikawa and other feminists in 1945, when Japanese women obtained the right to vote ...

, * Ligue Hellénique pour le Droits des Femmes, * Lithuanian Women’s Society, *

Lucy Stone League The Lucy Stone League is a women's rights organization founded in 1921. Its motto is "A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost."“lucystoneleague.org�Archivedfrom the original ...

, * Mauritius Alliance of Women, *

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vrouwenbelangen Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People ...

, *

, * Pancyprian Movement Equal Rights & Equal Responsibilities, *

Sri Lanka Women’s Conference Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, ...

, * Union of Kuwaiti Women’s Associations, * Unioni Naisasialiito Suomessa Ry, * Women's Electoral Lobby, *

Zambia Alliance of Women Zambia Alliance of Women (ZAW) is a non-governmental membership organization for Zambian women founded in 1978. History Zambia Alliance of Women was established in 1978 to promote gender equality, development and peace. ZAW was registered under t ...

, ;Associate members * Alliance of Women of Serbia, * Action Sociale pour le Développement Intégral de la fille et de la femme congolaise, * Association pour le Planning Familial et l’Epanouissement de la Femme, * Autonomes FRAUENzentrum, * Bali Women’s Union of Farming Groups, * Croatian Alliance of Women IWAD, *

Egyptian Society for the Development of Local Communities Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

, * Fédération de Femmes pour la Paix et le Développement, * Femmes rurales contre la violence et les maladies sexuellement transmissibles, *

Fund for Women in Asia Fund may refer to: * Funding is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money, or other values such as effort or time, for a project, a person, a business, or any other private or public institution ** The process of soliciting and gathe ...

, * Josephine Butler Society, * La Colombe, *

League of Women Voters of Victoria League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact footba ...

, *

Metro Manila Council of Women Balikatan Metro, short for metropolitan (disambiguation), metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a ...

, * Mmabatho Foundation Women’s Development, * ONG-SAPHTA, * Platform of Women’s Empowerment and Rights, * Promo Femmes/Développement Solidarité, *

Saroj Nalini Dutt Memorial Association Saroj is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Saroj Raj Choudhury, Indian environmentalist, wildlife conservationist, writer *Saroj Dey (1921–1997), Bengali film director * Saroj Dubey (born 1938), Indian ...

, * Slum Aid Project, *Sri Lanka Women’s Association UK, *Union of Australian Women (Victoria) Inc., * Women’s Comfort Corner, * Women’s Rights Movement of the Philippines,

References

Sources

* * * *

External links

Official siteInternational Alliance of Women records

Sophia Smith Collection The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history. General One of the largest recognized repositories of manuscripts, ar ...

, Smith College Special Collections
International Woman Suffrage Alliance archives
at the

John Rylands Library The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. It is part of the University of Manchester. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriquet ...

, Manchester.
Constitution in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1909.Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. {{DEFAULTSORT:International Alliance Of Women Liberal feminist organizations International organisations based in Switzerland Organizations with participatory status with the Council of Europe Organizations established in 1904 Women's rights organizations Gender equality Human rights organisations based in Switzerland International women's organizations Voter rights and suffrage organizations