The 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)`s theme was women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development. The current refugee crisis around the world and…
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Panel Calls for Greater Economic Agency for Women
On March 10, 2015, the Peace Islands Institute, Journalists and Writers Foundation, Global Businesswomen Association, and Institute for Economics and Peace held a panel discussion titled “Economic Empowerment of Women…
UN Side Event Focuses on Peaceful, Cohesive Societies
On February 11, 2015, the Journalists and Writers Foundation, Albert Schweitzer Institute, and Peace Islands Institute held a panel discussion, titled “Peaceful and Cohesive Societies for Social Development,” during the…
Panel Declares Violence against Women a 'Global Disease'
The JWF Women’s Platform took part in a recent panel titled “Laws on Violence against Women Presented by Women Judges,” which was a side event at the 57th session of…
JWF Speaks Out against Domestic Violence at UN Women's Event
JWF’s Women’s Platform gave a statement at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57), a UN Women’s event held at UN Headquarters in New York from…
Minister Sahin Praises JWF for Courageous Coverage
Turkey’s Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma Sahin has praised the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) for its members’ courageous coverage of important issues at a time when the country…