International Federation of University Women

IFUW Policy Resolutions by Year Adopted

2007 - 29th Conference (Manchester, United Kingdom)

• Women in Leadership and Decision-Making Positions
• A High-Level Women’s Agency For The United Nations
• Religious Beliefs and Women's Health
• Commitment To The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs)
• Women's Role In Disease Prevention
• Prevention Of Armaments Containing Depleted Uranium: A Human Rights Issue
• Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons And Averting The Weaponization Of Space
• United Nations Peacekeeping
• Remedying Environmental Damage Of Military Activities
• Global Warming

2004 - 28th Conference (Perth, Australia)

• Women in Decision-Making Positions in World Financial Institutions
• Women and Ageing
• New Choices During the Life Cycle
• Cultural Diversity and Education
• Discrimination in Educational Funding
• Commercial Exploitation of Children
• Religion, Culture, Gender and Human Rights
• Small Arms and Light Weapons Control
• Women - Essential to Peace
• Protection of Water
• Responsibility to Protect
• Increased Collective Violence Against Women

2001 -27th Conference (Ottawa, Canada)

• Education and Career Training of Women in Prison
• The Future of Women's Employment
• Education for Establishing a Society of Gender Equality
• Women's and Gender Studies
• Women's Leadership
• Educational Opportunities for Adolescent Mothers
• Ethics and Education
• Human Rights of Women Refugees
• Advocating for Children
• Children in Armed Conflict
• Child Soldiers
• Education for the Promotion of Peace
• Conflict Resolution for Young Children
• International Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers

1998 - 26th Conference (Graz, Austria)

• The Right to Education
• Higher Education
• Continuing Education
• Promoting Violence-Free Family Life
• Balancing the Responsibilities of Family and Work
• Trafficking and Exploitation of Women and Children
• Violence Directed Against Women
• Human Rights of Refugees with Reference to Access to Higher Education
• Violence at School
• Abuse of Women's Human Rights in Afghanistan
• Human Cloning
• Application of Research in Human Genetics
• Tobacco and Health
• Health and the Environment
• Desertification and Development
• Sustainable Forestry
• Nuclear Disarmament

1995 - 25th Conference (Yokohama, Japan)

• Adolescents
• Fair Co-management
• Unpaid Work
• Career Development
• Consequences of Global Mobility for Partners
• Continual Training for Women Graduates
• Career Development
• Health Education
• Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
• NFA Follow-up to UN World Conferences
• Rights of the Child
• Ritual Abuse
• Refugee Women and Girls
• Family Planning
• Protection of the Environment
• Ozone Layer
• Women's Participation in the Peacemaking Process
• Landmines
• Nuclear Testing

1994 - 78th Council (Geneva, Switzerland)

• Rape as a War Crime
• Peaceful Resolution of Political Conflict

1992 - 24th Conference (Stanford University, USA)

• Education for All and Literacy
• UNESCO UNITWIN Programme
• Literacy and Women
• Girls' Self-esteem
• Energy Conservation
• Hazardous Waste
• Endangered Ecosystems
• 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development
• Marine Environment
• Equitable Economic Policies
• Development Indicators
• Safe motherhood
• Family Planning
• HIV/AIDS
• Population
• Women and Employment - Barriers to Equal Access
• 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women
• Rights of the Child
• Violence against Women
• Refugee Women

1991 - 75th Council (Geneva, Switzerland)

• Energy Strategies

1989 - 23rd Conference (Helsinki, Finland)

• Military Expenditure
• Environment
• UN Commission on the Status of Women/Forward Looking Strategies
• Human Fertilization
• Family Planning
• Autonomy of Institutions of Higher Education
• Women and Academic freedom
• Shelter
• Children in Armed Conflict
• Balanced Education for All

1986 - 22nd Conference (Christchurch, New Zealand)

• World Health Organization Action Programme on Essential Drugs
• Child Pornography
• Nuclear Arms Freeze
• Agricultural Training
• Higher Education Statistics
• Peace
• Unpaid Work
• Paid Work, Voluntary Work and the Value of the Family
• UN International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
• Women and Leadership

1983 - 21st Conference (Groningen, The Netherlands)

• Women and Peace
• UN Voluntary Fund for Women
• Computer Literacy
• Women in the Media
• International Development Strategy
• UN Decade for Women

1980 - 20th Conference (Vancouver, Canada)

• Project Five-O
• New International Economic Order
• Declaration of the Rights of the Child
• International Development Strategy for the Third Development Decade
• Politicization of Conferences
• NFAs and CEDAW
• SWCR/CEDAW
• SWCR/CEDAW
• Women in Decision-Making Positions
• Life-long Learning
• Cultural Identity
• Science and Math Education

1974 - 18th Conference (Kyoto, Japan)

• Media Support for the International Development Strategy of the 2nd UN Development Decade
• Leadership Training
• Need for Literacy Materials
• UN Regional Commissions
• International Women's Year

1971 - 17th Conference (Philadephia, USA)

• Role of Mass Media in Literacy
• Lack of Education and Employment Opportunities
• Racism
• Women and Society
• Advancement of Women
• High Commission for Human Rights
• Pollution
• Professional Advancement and Family Responsibilities
• UN, Peace and Disarmament
• Data Banks

1969 - 54th Council (Hässelby Slott, Sweden)

• Student Unrest
• Racial Discrimination
• Education of Handicapped Youth
• Illiteracy

1968 - 16th Conference (Karlsruhe, Germany)

• Implementation and Promotion of Human Rights
• Demographic Studies
• Vocational training
• Support for International Education Year
• UN Declaration on Discrimination
• Rights of the Child and Right to Reproductive Freedom
• Slavery

1966 - 50th Council (Reykjavik, Iceland)

• Further Training for Women
• NFA links with UNESCO and its National Commissions
• Women on National Delegations and in the UN

1965 - 15th Conference (Brisbane, Australia)

• Quality of Education
• Women and Science Teaching
• Adult Education
• Women/Education/UNESCO
• Part-time Work
• Re-entry to Work
• Women and Scientific Employment
• Population Growth
• UNESCO and Human Rights

1962 - 14th Conference (Mexico City, Mexico)

• Study of Foreign Languages and Cultures
• Discrimination in Education
• Matrimonial Property
• Discrimination in Employment
• Night Work for Women
• Girls and Careers
• Women and Re-entry to the Labour Force

1961 - 43rd Council (Alpach, Austria)

• Lodging for Women Students
• Mature Students
• Women in Civil Service and UN

1959, 13th Conference (Helsinki, Finland)

• Women in New Professions
• Women in UN Delegations and Secretariats
• Nuclear Weapon Tests

1958 - 40th Council (Vassar College, USA)

• Support for UNESCO

1957 - 39th Council (Dublin, Ireland)

• NFAs and the Committee on the Legal and Economic Status of Women

1956 - 12th Conference (Paris, France)

• UN/CSW/Women in Delegations

1954 - 35th Council (Oslo, Norway)

• Women and Public Appointments

1950 - 10th Conference (Zurich, Switzerland)

• Support for the United Nations
• Equal Pay

1948 - 29th Council (Eastbourne, United Kingdom)

• Refugees
• Exchange of Qualified Lecturers

1939 - 8th Conference (Stockholm, Sweden)

• Women's Employment in Secondary Schools
• Refugees

1938 - 23rd Council (London, England)

• Peace and Disarmament Committee

1936 - 7th Conference (Crakow, Poland)

• Professional Exchanges

1934 - 19th Council (Budapest, Hungary)

• Women and Barriers to Employment
• Education for International Understanding

1932 - 6th Conference (Edinburgh, Scotland)

• Disarmament
• Nationality of Married Women
• Teacher Exchanges

1931, 16th Council (Wellesley College, USA)

• Teacher Exchanges and Financial Remuneration

1930 - 15th Council (Prague, Czechoslovakia)

• Staff Exchanges

1929 - 5th Conference (Geneva, Switzerland)

• Nationality of Married Women

1928 - 12th Council (Barcelona, Spain)

• Nationality of Married Women
• Women in Public Services

1925 - 8th Council (Brussels, Belgium)

• International Relations