WAFE works to:

• - Eliminate religious Fundamentalism in all faiths
• - Promote the advancement of women into decision-making positions and the achievement of gender equality

90% of the United Nations member states recognise that women’s advancement is crucial to human development.

Women’s equality is unfortunately strongly opposed by some regimes, above all where religious Fundamentalists hold power.

Maltreatment of women is endemic in all these regimes; from denying them equal human rights and status to daily petty restrictions. All the evidence is that communities benefit from women’s advancement. Family size diminishes, children are healthier and better educated, educated women gain better employment, national prosperity rises and marriages are happier.

We work to raise awareness of this threat alongside our work to ensure women realise their full potential. We publish current international reports of women’s advancement and treatment under repressive regimes. We also hold meetings and seminars to raise awareness of these issues.

We use our website to bring you up-to-date worldwide information on these issues. Please let us know how we are doing. Comments, suggestions and new contributions are always welcome.

Elizabeth Sidney OBE

Chair