International Information

Visit AAUW’s International Corner: http://www.aauw.org/international_corner/ for a look at AAUW’s international connections, programs, partners, and coalitions.

Other International links of interest:

 Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) is a U.S.-based non-governmental organization focused on the effects of U.S. international policies on the health and rights of women, girls, and other vulnerable populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Coalition Against Trafficking of Women is a non-governmental organization that promotes women’s human rights by working internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms.

Equality Now works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world through the mobilization of public pressure. Issues of concern to Equality Now include: rape, domestic violence, reproductive rights, trafficking, female genital mutilation, political participation, and gender discrimination.

Great Decisions Program of the Foreign Policy Association offers an international current events interest group.

Global Campaign for Education promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilizes public pressure on governments and the international community to fulfill their promises to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people; in particular for children, women and all disadvantaged, deprived sections of society.

Global Fund for Women is a grantmaking foundation supporting women’s human rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls’ access to education, and stopping violence against women.

International Federation of University Women (IFUW) is an international nongovernmental organization of more than 180,000 women university graduates from 72 national federations and associations whose mission is to improve the status of women and girls, further the development of education, protect human rights and promote peace.

National Council of Women's Organizations is a nonpartisan, nonprofit umbrella organization of groups that collectively represent over ten million women across the United States. NCWO members collaborate through substantive policy work and grass roots activism to address issues of concern to women, including workplace and economic equity, education and job training, affirmative action, Social Security, child care, reproductive freedom, health, and global progress for women's equality.

NGO Working Groups on Girls - A special nongovernmental organization website dedicated to the truth that all girls everywhere have the right to develop to their full potential.

PeaceWomen.org - Excellent site for up-to-date information on issues concerning the important role of women and girls in areas of conflict and peace movements. The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security.

The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a center for innovative programs to engage Americans in issues of global concern, from education and HIV/AIDS to peace, security and international law. Its educational and humanitarian campaigns allow people to make a global impact at the local level. A not-for-profit organization, UNA-USA encourages strong United States leadership in the United Nations and is a part of the World Federation of United Nations Associations.

Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund for University Women is a charitable and educational fund that supports projects worldwide focusing on women's educational activities; leadership training; community development; and the advancement of understanding and cooperation among women.

The Women’s Edge Coalition does focused, practical advocacy to make sure that U.S. international trade and assistance programs create economic opportunities and self-sufficiency for women and their families worldwide and advocate international economic policies and human rights that support women worldwide in their actions to end poverty in their lives, communities and nations.

Women’s Environment & Development Organization is an international organization that advocates for women’s equality in global policy. It seeks to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all.

Several United Nations bodies address international women's and girls issues: 

Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - the main advocate for global action on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)

U.N. Commission on the Status of Women - A functional commission of the U.N. Economic and Social Council, CSW promotes women's rights in political, economic, civil, social, and educational fields.

U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation, and economic security.

U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women – Advocates the improvement of the status of women of the world and the achievement of their equality with men. Website includes information on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

U.N. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)