IFUW Committees & Working Groups 2010-2013

Committee for the Award of International Fellowships

Cynthia Burek, Convener
(Great Britain)

Marion Jones
(Australia)

Beatrice Ker
(Nigeria)

Natalia Tikhonov
(Switzerland)

Jennifer Strauss, IFUW Vice President
(Australia)

The Fellowship Committee reviews applications for IFUW fellowships and grants and selects the candidates to be recommended to the IFUW Board of Officers to receive awards. Members are expected to assess between sixty to one hundred applications submitted to the IFUW fellowships competition by finalists from the national affiliates and international members. The Committee also advises Council on any special policy questions and conditions governing awards.

Finance Committee

Catherine Bell, Treasurer
(South Africa)

Roberta Brooks, Convener
(Canada)

Julia Bannister
(Great Britain)

'Tricia Blombery
(Australia)

Shiela Buemi-Moore, Assist. Treasurer
(Switzerland)

The Finance Committee advises on all IFUW financial policy and administration; prepares annual estimates for the approval of the Council, supervises the annual expenditure of IFUW and the use and investment of its funds, and is responsible for ensuring that the expenditure of IFUW remains within the terms of the budget approved by Council. See the Terms of reference here.

Status of Women Committee

Marion Minis, Convener
(The Netherlands)

Ranjana Banerjee
(India)

Gilda Bautista Ravelo
(Mexico)

Ayden Birerdinc
(Turkey)

Rae Duff
(New Zealand)

Louise McLeod
(USA)

Patricia Galeana, IFUW Vice-President
(Mexico)

Jennifer Strauss, IFUW Vice-President
(Australia)

The Status of Women Committee plans and promotes programmes that carry out the purposes, projects and resolutions of IFUW and facilitates liaison with international and inter-governmental bodies; is responsible for planning the IFUW action theme for the triennium and for providing a conceptual outline, implementation guidelines for national affiliates’ study and action, resource material and website material, as appropriate. The Committee works in close cooperation with the IFUW representatives to United Nations bodies, as well as Project 5-O and IFUW regional groups to prepare ideas for projects and activities at the national level. The Committee also coordinates the interdisciplinary seminars and workshops at IFUW Conferences and highlights projects and triennial theme activities showing best practice, both through the Conference and IFUW printed web material.

Membership Committee

Hazel Bowen, Convener
(South Africa)

Nezihe Bilhan
(Turkey)

Martine Cashell-Smith
(New Zealand)

Regine Oltersdorf-Paul
(Germany)

Arielle Wagenknecht
(Switzerland)

Patricia Galeana, IFUW Vice-President
(Mexico)

Willemijn L. van der Meer, IFUW Vice-President
(The Netherlands)

The Membership Committee advises the IFUW Board of Officers and Council on membership policy and the admission of new affiliates; promotes membership growth; encourages the formation of new groups of university women and reviews all applications for affiliation; provides guidance to new and established national affiliates on the development of sound organizational structures and practices; provides advice in drawing up constitutions and examines the constitutions of associations applying for membership to ensure that they meet IFUW requirements; examines proposals for amendments to constitutions and by-laws of affiliated NFAs; initiates programmes to strengthen and support existing national affiliates, prepares membership resource materials and organizes training workshops; examines academic qualifications submitted by applying or affiliated associations as suitable to provide eligibility for IFUW membership. See the Terms of reference here.

Resolutions Committee

Margaret Tait, Convener
(Great Britain)

Margarita Almada
(Mexico)

Marianne Singh-Waraich
(Canada)

Carol Arinze-Umobi
(Nigeria)

Jennifer Strauss, IFUW Vice-President
(Australia)

The Resolutions Committee oversees the call for resolutions to Council and Conference; receives proposed resolutions, encourages joint submissions, checks for conformity in structure and wording and prepares final versions of resolutions for circulation to national affiliates. During the Conference, the Committee assists in the preparation of amendments, and works with staff to assemble a consensus document for distribution to delegates prior to the final voting session. Between Conferences the Committee works closely with the Status of Women Committee, the Special Committee for Project Development and the UN Representatives in relating the resolutions to the triennial theme and encouraging and assisting implementation by IFUW and national affiliates.

Special Committee for the Hegg Hoffet Fund

Marian Ennis, Convener
(Canada)

Joy Dunsheath
(New Zealand)

Anita Earle
(Australia)

Anne Harris-Hennon
(France)

The Hegg Hoffet Committee oversees the The Hegg Hoffet Fund for Displaced Women Graduates and deals with applications for assistance from graduate women (in special cases tertiary women students) who have been displaced as a result of war or political upheaval, natural disasters, or other serious emergencies. They award short term grants for required courses for re-entry into the candidates’ professional fields, retraining courses if the candidate is not able to practise her previous profession, and courses for integration into the new country of residence. They also correspond with grantees to follow their progress and offer moral support. In addition, they develop initiatives to publicize grant availability and solicit funds for future grants. See the Terms of reference here.