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Photo Credits (top to bottom)
-Primary education project of the Bangladesh Federation of University women
- Graphic Artwork by Brazilian artist Octavio Roth - Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - See Thirty Articles (© Octavio Roth - (UN/DPI Photo)
- "Displaced Persons: Mother and Child in the Dafur Region of the Sudans" (© Eskinder Debebe - UN/DPI Photo)
- From Aftershocks: Art and Memoirs by Young People Growing Up after War and Terror, exhibit of the United Nations Cyberschool Bus Project, © painting by Una Dorbrinic

Members at the local level begin the process by identifying issues and problems confronting communities the world over. These issues are taken up by IFUW's national affiliates and presented at the international level in the form of resolutions. Resolutions adopted at IFUW's Triennial Conferences, along with issues identified in the triennial Study and Action Programme, form IFUW policy and serve as the basis for IFUW advocacy work at the United Nations (UN) and other international inter-governmental organizations.

In the next phase, IFUW's teams of UN representatives work actively to ensure that these priority issues are taken into consideration in international debate. Because of IFUW's special consultative status, these representatives have an official presence at the meetings and conferences where new international conventions and agreements are drafted and adopted. There they are able to highlight members' concerns through oral and written statements, special presentations and intense discussions with individual government delegates.

In these efforts, IFUW works in close partnership with other international non-governmental organizations with similar aims, giving greater strength to our voice.

To complete the circle of influence, decisions taken by governments at UN meetings and conferences must be implemented at the national and local levels. Members and national affiliates have a key role in monitoring the follow-up actions of their respective national governments to see whether they ratify and apply the standards set out in these important international agreements.

IFUW and its national and local members can also advance these important international goals by taking action to implement the Beijing Platform for Action and our own IFUW Study and Action Programme projects, programmes, and seminars at the local and regional levels.

Working together we can ensure an effective and complete circle of influence.