by Gail Bishop | Jun 16, 2023
Submitted by: Foreign Affairs Policy Committee The National Council of Women, aware that there are four mechanisms to United Nations ‘ Conventions allowing individual access to the Committees supervising the UN Conventions, noting that these have...
by Gail Bishop | Jun 16, 2023
(or “˜A 1325 for Natural Disasters’) Recognising that the effect of natural disasters can be comparable with wartime and post-conflict situations and noting the extraordinary vulnerability of women and children in the aftermath of natural disasters, the...
by Gail Bishop | May 5, 2023
Submitted by: The Foreign Affairs Committee For centuries the indigenous peoples of the world have been living in balance and harmony with nature and their environment. Understanding that their culture has much to offer in such areas as native medicine,...
by Gail Bishop | May 5, 2023
[The affirmation of a resolution of the European Centre of the International Council of Women.] The following Resolution on domestic violence, addressed to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of Europe and national governments, agreed by...
by Gail Bishop | May 5, 2023
Submitted by: Widows for Peace through Democracy The National Council of Women calls upon Her Majesty’s Government, and in particular the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office: (a) to ensure that widows have full...