Welcome

The Socialist International Women is the international organisation of the women's organisations of the socialist, social democratic and labour parties affiliated to the Socialist International. There are currently 145 member organisations from all parts of the world. The aims and objectives of the Socialist International Women are:

  • to increase the participation of women in politics
  • to promote knowledge and understanding of gender equality
  • to campaign against gender inequality and discrimination of women in society
  • to work for peace, security and human rights
  • to strengthen relations between the member organisations
  • to extend relations between member organisations and other women's organisations of similar beliefs and values

The Socialist International Women is a non-governmental organisation with consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

 

News

Council

San Jose, Costa Rica, 20 January 2012

Sexual and Reproductive Freedom - A Woman's Right

Regional Meeting for the Mediterranean North and South, the Mediterranean East, the Middle East and the Caucasus

Rabat, Morocco, 30 September 2011

The Role of Arab Women in Emerging Democracies

Council

Athens, Greece, 28 and 29 June 2011

Arab Women and the Road to Democracy

Publications

The First Hundred Years

A Short History of Socialist International Women

By Irmtraut Karlsson

This book tells the history of the first one hundred years of the Socialist International Women

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