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42-591: The Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgsretsudvalg (Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Committee) was established in 1898 by Louise Nørlund , with support from Line Luplau , in order to work towards obtaining the vote for women . In 1904, the organization's name was changed to Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund (DKV) or the Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Union. The DKV consisted of an alliance of women's organizations targeting votes for women in both municipal and national elections. Under Nørlund's leadership,

84-560: A CSW forum on how the women's rights movement can counter "anti-trans voices [that] are becoming ever louder and [that] are threatening feminist solidarity across borders," where IAW's 16th President Marion Böker discussed her trans-inclusive position. IWRA has stated that "IWRA works for the rights of all women – feminism without trans women is no feminism at all (...) we have a lot of work to do to create an inclusive, vibrant and diverse feminist movement in Europe." IAW's Danish affiliate,

126-517: A gender-equal society on the basis of human rights. The principles of IAW affirm that everyone, regardless of gender, is "born equally free and independent" and equally entitled to "the free exercise of their individual rights and liberty." The principles affirm that "women’s rights are human rights" and that "human rights are universal, indivisible and interrelated." IAW stands in a liberal democratic tradition; in IAW's journal International Women's News , it

168-412: A modern and democratic society. The entire mainstream women's rights movement stands firmly against all forms of transphobia , homophobia , and racism , and these principles are part of the bedrock of the movement's values, and viewed as non-negotiable and essential in all efforts for equality. Speaking on trans inclusion, former IAW President Marion Böker said that for the women's rights movement, it

210-691: A top-down approach, where the elite were cast as the true agents of development." At the same time IAW claimed to speak on behalf of all women. In the late 1920s, the organization changed its name to the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, and in 1946 this was altered to its current name, International Alliance of Women. The first executive board included Carrie Chapman Catt (President), Anita Augspurg (1st Vice President), Donovan Bolden (2nd Vice President) and Rachel Foster Avery (Secretary). The organization's first President Carrie Chapman Catt also founded

252-944: Is aligned with other large mainstream feminist organizations such as the National Organization for Women or the League of Women Voters , itself founded by IAW's first President. 16 other women's rights organizations, which largely share a tradition with IAW – such as the American Association of University Women , National Women's Law Center , National Women's Political Caucus , and others – emphasized that "as organizations that fight every day for equal opportunities for all women and girls, we speak from experience and expertise when we say that nondiscrimination protections for transgender people—including women and girls who are transgender—are not at odds with women’s equality or well-being, but advance them." This sentiment

294-535: Is also in line with the "National Consensus Statement of Anti-Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Organizations in Support of Full and Equal Access for the Transgender Community" signed by 330 women's rights organizations, including those that share their core principles with IAW. The organization adopted gold (or yellow; Or in heraldry) as its color in 1904. The color, derived from the sunflower,

336-543: Is another focus of IAW and its affiliates, that has become more important since the postwar era. Violence against women and girls, both conflict-related violence and domestic violence , is also a significant focus of IAW and its affiliates, particularly in modern times. The IAW family belongs to the mainstream or liberal women's rights tradition and thus shares the mainstream feminist position on LGBT+ rights , which understands sexual and gender diversity as an essential aspect of women's human rights and gender equality in

378-621: Is due to all women and girls. It is one of the oldest, largest and most influential organizations in its field. The organization was founded as the International Woman Suffrage Alliance ( IWSA ) in 1904 in Berlin , Germany, by Carrie Chapman Catt , Millicent Fawcett , Susan B. Anthony and other leading feminists from around the world to campaign for women's suffrage . IWSA was headquartered in London , and it

420-473: Is in line with developments in international human rights law as they relate to women's human rights. In line with this, IAW affiliates such as Deutscher Frauenring advocate for trans-inclusive feminism and emphasize that far-right movements that undermine the human rights of minorities threaten democracy. In 2021 IAW and its affiliate, the Icelandic Women's Rights Association (IWRA), co-organized

462-430: Is indivisible from working for women’s rights and gender equality," that those who promote "the human rights of women and LGBTIQ+ people share the same goals of achieving safe and fair societies" and that condemned extremist hate movements such as " anti-gender " and " gender-critical " movements. The mainstream feminist movement's contemporary emphasis on an intersectional understanding of women's rights and gender equality

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504-483: Is necessary to work on the basis of human rights , which are universal and indivisible, defend democratic values, and fight for an inclusive women's movement, and warned against anti-democratic forces and forces on the far right that try to pit women's rights against the human rights of minorities, describing anti-trans activists as "right-wing and racist." Böker's remarks align with a statement from UN Women that emphasized that "working for LGBTIQ+ people’s human rights

546-531: Is the oldest symbol of women's rights. It had been adopted by American suffragists in 1867 and became the principal color of the American women's suffrage movement, typically used alongside white. Through the influence of the Alliance, gold and white became the principal colors of the mainstream international women's suffrage movement. Colors were important in the iconography of the suffrage movement. The use of

588-648: The Danish Women's Society , has said that it takes homophobia and transphobia very seriously, that "we support all initiatives that promote the rights of gay and transgender people" and that "we see the LGBTQA movement as close allies in the struggle against inequality, and we fight together for a society where gender and sexuality do not limit an individual." IAW's Norwegian affiliate, the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights , has warned against

630-760: The Dansk Kvindesamfund or DK (The Danish Women's Association), which was the first women's association in Denmark. She was a very active speaker, and instrumental in its breakthrough in the provinces. She was, however, impatient of DK:s hesitance to support the question of women suffrage, and in 1885, she left the DK, alongside among others Elisabet Ouchterlony and Matilde Bajer , to found the Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening (Female Progress Union). In 1889, she also supported Line Luplau in

672-578: The League of Women Voters in the United States during her presidency. Since the onset of the Cold War the alliance's liberal internationalist outlook was strengthened. The alliance held firm anti-communist views and maintained a clear pro- Western stance throughout the Cold War. Its second President, Dame Margery Corbett Ashby , wrote that "it was us or the communist women who would organize

714-1316: The UN office in Geneva , the UN office in Vienna , UNESCO in Paris , the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg . It also has representatives to the Arab League in Cairo and the Gulf Countries Council in Riyadh , and is a member of the European Women's Lobby in Brussels . IAW's working languages are English and French. IAW understands sexual and gender diversity as an integral part of feminism. Speaking on trans inclusion, former IAW President Marion Böker said that for

756-629: The 1906 congress in Copenhagen. Vibeke Salicath chaired the DKV for a short period in 1907 but Nørlund returned in 1908, after which Eline Hansen was chair. In 1906, Johanne Münter founded and headed the women's suffrage organization Kvindevalgretsklubben (KVK). Associated with the DVK, it became known as "Fru Münters Club". Although it had only about a hundred members, many of them were highly influential women in regard to suffrage and rights. She edited

798-536: The 19th century, and remains one of the core issues of IAW and its affiliates. In line with IAW's increased focus on developing countries from the mid-20th century, girls' and women's education in developing countries has become an increasingly important topic. Legal and economic gender equality have been core issues of the liberal women's rights movement since the 19th century. For example, IAW works to strengthen women's land and property rights, especially in developing countries. Sexual and reproductive health and rights

840-398: The Alliance adopted gold (or yellow) as its color, the color associated with the women's suffrage movement in the United States since 1867 and the oldest symbol of women's rights; through the Alliance's influence gold and white became the principal colors of the mainstream international women's suffrage movement. The basic principle of IAW is that the full and equal enjoyment of human rights

882-717: The International Woman Suffrage Alliance, is historically the most important international organization within the bourgeois-liberal women's rights movement . The decision for the establishment of the organization was taken in Washington in 1902 by suffragists frustrated at the reluctance of the International Council of Women to support women's suffrage. As such the Alliance was a more progressive organization that emphasized legal and political equality between women and men from

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924-458: The KVK members' journal Kvindestemmerets-Bladet (1907–1913). KVK was dissolved in about 1913. Louise N%C3%B8rlund She was the daughter of the farmer and parliamentarian Mikkel Hasle Christiansen (1816–83) and Ane Jacobsdatter (1820–88). She married journalist and publisher Niels Jensen Nørlund (1854–1894) in 1881, but the couple divorced in 1892, and after the death of her former spouse, she

966-711: The Near East." In the alliance's journal International Women's News it was stated in 1946 that the support of the United Nations and democracy must "remain in the forefront of our programme." Its third President Hanna Rydh worked actively to build cooperation in developing countries, partially to counteract communism. IAW's members in the Nordic countries were also members of the Joint Organization of Nordic Women's Rights Associations . IAW works for

1008-512: The anti-gender movement, expressed solidarity with the LGBT+ rights struggle and supported legal protections against discrimination and hate speech on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. The Icelandic Women's Rights Association has published a report on improving the situation of non-binary people in Iceland. The IAW family's inclusive and intersectional position

1050-460: The color gold began with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony’s campaign in Kansas in 1867 and derived from the color of the sunflower, the Kansas state symbol. Suffragists used gold pins, ribbons, sashes, and yellow roses to symbolize their cause. In 1876, during the U.S. Centennial, women wore yellow ribbons and sang the song "The Yellow Ribbon." In 1916, suffragists staged "The Golden Lane" at

1092-559: The foundation of the national Kvindevalgretsforeningen (The Women Suffrage Union). She was the chairman of Kvindevalgretsforeningen 1891–1894. In 1898, the Kvindevalgretsforeningen was dissolved, and she founded Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsudvalg , from 1904 called Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV (The United Danish Suffrage Movements For Women). It was a union of many smaller Suffrage movements in Denmark united under her leadership. In 1904, when DKV

1134-925: The home country of a member organization, and elects the executive board. The current President and Chief Representative to the United Nations is Alison Brown. The executive board also includes the Secretary-General, the Treasurer and until 20 other members, including two Executive Vice Presidents as well as Vice Presidents for Europe, the Arab countries, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf , Africa, and Regional Coordinators for North America, Pacific, and South East Asia. The IAW represents about 45 organizations world-wide as well as individual members. The IAW

1176-416: The national Democratic convention; to reach the convention hall, all delegates had to walk through a line of women stretching several blocks long, dressed in white with gold sashes, carrying yellow umbrellas, and accompanied by hundreds of yards of draped gold bunting. Gold also signified enlightenment, the professed goal of the mainstream U.S. suffrage movement. An International Congress is held triennially in

1218-498: The number of associations grew from eight in 1898 to 22 in 1904. That year the organization joined the newly established International Women Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) making Denmark one of its first 10 members. Johanne Münter was the first international secretary until 1909 when Thora Daugaard took over until 1915 when Danish women won the right to vote. Nørlund participated in the 1904 IWSA Congress in Berlin and went on to organize

1260-838: The onset. The Alliance was formally constituted during the Second conference in Berlin in 1904 as the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA), and was headquartered in London for much of its history. Its founders included Carrie Chapman Catt , Millicent Fawcett , Helene Lange , Susan B. Anthony , Anita Augspurg , Rachel Foster Avery , and Käthe Schirmacher . Amongst subsequent congresses were those held in Copenhagen (1906), Amsterdam (1908), London (1909), Stockholm (June 1911), and Budapest (1913). The French Union for Women's Suffrage (UFSF), founded in February 1909,

1302-545: The organization had strong ties to the League of Nations . Since 1947, IAW has had general consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council , the highest UN status possible for a non-governmental organization, the fourth organization to be granted this status . IAW also has participatory status with the Council of Europe . It has representatives at the UN headquarters in New York ,

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1344-672: The organization was one of the three major international "bourgeois" women's organizations, alongside the International Council of Women (ICW) and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Of these, IWSA (IAW) was more progressive and oriented towards legal equality and equal citizenship than ICW. At the same time, IWSA was more conservative than WILPF. The organization's members were often associated with liberal parties and movements, but some were also progressive conservatives or liberal conservatives. Most IAW members held "similar views of society and societal change, which assumed

1386-466: The party and was a candidate for the Social Democrats in the municipal elections in Copenhagen in 1909, but was forced the leave her candidacy for health reasons. IWSA The International Alliance of Women ( IAW ; French : Alliance Internationale des Femmes , AIF ) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women's rights and gender equality . It

1428-586: The women's rights movement, it is necessary to work on the basis of human rights, which are universal and indivisible, defend democratic values, and fight for an inclusive women's movement, describing anti-trans activists as "right-wing and racist." In 2021 IAW and its Icelandic affiliate co-hosted a forum on the importance of solidarity between the feminist movement and the trans movement, and expressed concern over "anti-trans voices [that] are becoming ever louder and [that] are threatening feminist solidarity across borders." The International Alliance of Women, formerly

1470-660: Was also engaged in the peace movement: she was a member of the Dansk Fredsforening (Danish Peace Movement), where she was active as speaker and writer and a delegate to the International women's peace congress in the Hague in 1915, where the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom was founded. Nørlund is, however, most known for her work as a feminist. Initially, she was a member of

1512-734: Was formally recognized by the IWFA congress in London in April 1909 as representing the French suffrage movement. IWSA also started its own monthly journal, the Jus Suffragii . IWSA, influenced by moderate liberal feminist Millicent Fawcett against the militancy of suffragettes in the style of Emmeline Pankhurst , refused membership to the WSPU at their 1906 Copenhagen meeting. In the interwar period,

1554-575: Was granted general consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council , the highest level possible, in 1947, and has participatory status with the Council of Europe . The IAW has permanent representatives in New York , Vienna , Geneva , Paris , Rome , Nairobi and Strasbourg and addresses the European Union through its membership in the European Women's Lobby in Brussels . The IAW's current representative to

1596-549: Was historically the main international organization that campaigned for women's suffrage . IAW stands for an inclusive, intersectional and progressive liberal feminism on the basis of human rights and liberal democracy , and has a liberal internationalist outlook. IAW's principles state that all genders are "born equally free [and are] equally entitled to the free exercise of their individual rights and liberty," that "women's rights are human rights" and that "human rights are universal, indivisible and interrelated." In 1904

1638-578: Was left in full responsibility for their only child, Agnes. Louise Nørlund was early interested in politics, as her parents’ home was a center for radical democrats. She took her teacher's exam from Beyer, Bohrs og Femmers Kursus and was employed as a teacher at the Larslejstrædes Skole in 1878–1910. In her profession, she participated in the foundation of the Kbh.s Kommunelærerindeforening (The Copenhagen Association of Female Teachers) in 1891. She

1680-456: Was made of 22 different suffrage movements, she made it a part of the international suffrage movement under International Woman Suffrage Alliance ( IWSA ). She represented Denmark at the international suffrage conferences at Berlin in 1904, Amsterdam in 1908 and Budapest in 1913. She retired in 1909 and was replaced by Eline Hansen . Nørlund was a member of the liberal party and the first of her sex in its board in 1890–1904, but later left

1722-425: Was stated in 1946 that support for democracy must "remain in the forefront of our programme." Former IAW President Marion Böker emphasized in 2023 that it is important to defend democratic values. IAW was founded to advocate for women's suffrage and political equality remains one of its traditional core issues. Girls' and women's education has been an important focus of the liberal women's rights movement since

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1764-697: Was the preeminent international women's suffrage organization. Its emphasis has since shifted to a broad human rights focus and the importance and value of women`'s contributions as equal partners. The perequisite for securing women's rights is the universal ratification and implementation without reservation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Today it represents over 50 organizations world-wide comprising several hundred thousand members, and has its seat in Geneva .It also accepts individual members. From 1926,

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