What's New

• Internal Resolutions Proposed to the 30th IFUW Conference, 90th IFUW Council and 91st IFUW Council - Comments on these from Branches or individual members would be very welcome. Please send by email to the CIR no later than 30 April.
• Policy Resolutions Proposed to the 30th IFUW Conference, 90th IFUW Council and 91st IFUW Council - Comments on these from Branches or individual members would be very welcome. Please send by email to the CIR no later than 30 April.
• CIR Report April 2010
• CIR Report March 2010

IFUW

NZFGW is affiliated to the International Federation of University Women (IFUW). IFUW is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) of over 150,000 women university graduates from 78 national federations and association worldwide.
IFUW’s aims are:

• Promote international peace and cooperation, understanding and friendship
• Support education and equality for women and girls
• Recognition and protection of human rights
• Promotion of social justice and equality
• Lifelong education to influence and benefit society

Conferences are held every three years and draw together graduate women worldwide. They provide the opportunity to exchange ideas on issues facing women; to learn about one another’s education systems, culture and history; to develop policies and promote programmes that will advance the status of women and girls, and to promote international cooperation in the search for peace and human rights. Many life long friendships are formed at these conferences.

Members can also communicate with other members worldwide on various issues via listservs and obtain information and ideas relevant to members

PGWNet

PGWNet is an IFUW regional network, which links individuals and groups of graduate women throughout the Pacific. The groups are varied and include members already affiliated to IFUW and others working toward affiliation. It provides a network to exchange ideas and information relevant to the Pacific region.

United Nations

IFUW has consultative status at the United Nations and its specialised agencies, such as:

• UNGEI (UN Girls’ Educational Initiative)
• HRC (Human Rights Council)
• CSW (Commission on the Status of Women)
• UNESCO
• UNIFEM
• UNICEF
• ILO (International Labour Organization)