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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN AGAINST FUNDAMENTALISM AND FOR EQUALITY
Welcome To WAFE

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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

 
CSW

UN Commission on the Status of Women 2008

WAFE Meeting

HELPING WOMEN HELPS THE PLANET

Friday 29 February 2008,  1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

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Elizabeth Sidney, Motoko Sugiyama, Baroness Gould, Heidi Hautala

UK Mission to the UN

883 42nd Street 

(28th Floor)

New York, NY

Chair: Baroness Gould, Chair, UK Women’s National Commission

Speakers:

Heidi Hautala, Finnish Member of Parliament, Chair, National Council for Gender Equality   

Motoko Sugiyama, Vice President, Women’s Federation for World Peace International (WFWP)

Dr. Valerie Dixon, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics, Andover Newton Theological School, Boston

Supporting Organisations

NAWO (UK National Association of Women’s Organisations)

WFWP (Women’s Federation for World Peace International)

NCW (UK National Council of Women)

Wateraid UK

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WAFE Salutes

 

Afghan Champion of Women's Rights 

Malalai Joya

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