RECENT NEWS AND INFORMATION

 Global Summit of Women

AAUW Executive Director Linda Hallman recently traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, to participate in the 2008 Global Summit of Women. She participated on a panel of distinguished leaders and discussed AAUW’s groundbreaking pay equity research. The Global Summit of Women celebrates women’s leadership worldwide by bringing together business, professional, and governmental women leaders from around the world.

RESOURCES FOR AAUW'S GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

• UPDATED! Women in the World, International Affairs Committee Reading List – A list of suggested books to introduce you to the stories and experiences of women around the globe. Bring an international focus to your book group, or combine with a  One Shared World event.
  
• UPDATED! "International Matters" Project Papers – highlights of key international issues and suggestions for branch programming from the AAUW International Affairs Committee.
  
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Information and Resource Kit
  The AAUW International Affairs Committee has compiled this comprehensive set of resources to assist AAUW states and branches in their education and advocacy efforts on behalf of the ratification of CEDAW, the women's rights treaty.
• How AAUW works on global equity issues

AAUW International Programs and Partnerships

• CARE - AAUW partner, CARE, is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.
• One Shared World – Connecting American women to the many public and private efforts that help people in developing countries overcome poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease.

NEW RESOURCES: Research shows that educating girls is one of the best investments in development. When girls are allowed to attend high school, fewer become teenage mothers or infected with HIV/AIDS and more join the workforce so incomes increase and economies grow. The issue is highlighted in two new online resources:

• A new 13-minute video, "Path to Promise: Girls Making the Grade," in which AED follows two Ugandan girls who are defying the odds to attend high school. The flash video can be found at http://www.aed.org/News/Multimedia/Paths-to-Promise.cfm.
• A companion book, "Keeping the Promise: Five Benefits of Girls Secondary Education," that makes the case for promoting girl's high school education in the developing world. The PDF of the book can be found at http://www.aed.org/Publications/loader.cfm.
  
• AAUW Educational Foundation International Fellowships
  • Application Information
  • Directory of International Fellowship and Grant Recipients

 AAUW Affiliations with International Organizations and Coalitions

• United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA)
• United Nations
  • AAUW's UN Representative
  • News and events from the United Nations
  • How you can become involved with UN issues
  • AAUW report on the 49th Session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women
• Women Thrive Worldwide (formerly Women's Edge Coalition)
• National Council of Women's Organizations
• U.S. Global Leadership Campaign

 International Links of Interest - links to other organizations working internationally on behalf of women and girls