Contact AAUW's international affairs committee chair and U.N. representative through AAUW's International Affairs Liaison at ial@aauw.org.
Learn about U.N. meetings
You can participate in many ways:
- learn about the issues by reading materials on the websites,
- subscribe to UN Wire at www.unwire.org, and
- encourage your branch to organize a meeting on a U.N. meeting topic.
Many of the commission meetings are web cast and available at www.un.org/webcast. The software is free and easy to download.
International Women's Day is March 8th
In 1975, during International Women's Year, the United Nations began celebrating March 8th as International Women's Day. Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. For the United Nations, International Women's Day has been observed on March 8th since 1975. The Day is traditionally marked with a message from the Secretary-General. (http://www.un.org/womenwatch)
Other ideas for March events
NGO Working Group on Girls
The NGO Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNICEF was established in 1993 as part of a growing international movement, and along with the NGO Committee on the Status of Women (NGO/CSW) supports the human rights of girls and to give voice to their concerns.
The WGG and its International Network for Girls seeks to:
- Urge governments to honor their commitments to girls
- Build a network of grassroots NGOs that advocates for girls rights
- Promote the active participation of girls as agents of change in their own lives and in their societies.
Learn more about the Working Group on Girls at www.girlsrights.org and The NGO Committee on the Status of Women at www.ngocsw.org.
View the online U.N. event calendar.
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