How We Work

Secretariat

The Secretariat of the Socialist International Women is based in London, United Kingdom, and shares its premises with the Socialist International. The Secretariat deals with the administration of the organisation and with the preparations of the Council meetings, Regional meetings and Congress. The Secretariat also deals with political matters related to its member organisations.

Congress

The Congress is the highest body of the Socialist International Women and usually convenes every three years. The last Congress took place in Madrid, Spain, in November 2022. At the Congress delegates of the member organisations decide on the main political issues and elect the Executive Committee.

Council

Delegates of each member organisation have the right to attend the Council meetings. At each Council delegates discuss a particular theme which is relevant to the host organisation. Declarations and resolutions are also adopted at the Council meetings.

Regional meetings

The member organisations of the Socialist International Women are divided into 9 regions. Two regional meetings take place each year in order to discuss issues that are relevant to a particular region.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of a President, a Secretary General and 9 Vice-Presidents. The Executive Committee meets four times a year to deal with political matters and to select the themes for discussion at the Council and Regional meetings.

Other meetings

The Socialist International Women also organises other events, conferences and seminars on an ad hoc basis.

 

News

International Day of Democracy - Interview with former SIW Vice-President Hilal Dokuzcan

15 September 2023

As we celebrate International Day of Democracy, we interview Hilal Dokuzcan, Former SIW Vice-President from Turkey.

Please click here to read the full interview...

Message of Solidarity with Libya after Floodings

13 September 2023

The Socialist International Women (SIW) is deeply saddened by the devastating impact and the loss of lives caused by the floods in Libya. The scale of the devastation and the impact on the people of Libya is shocking and heart-breaking...

Message of Solidarity with Morocco after Earthquake

09 September 2023

The Socialist International Women (SIW) is deeply saddened by the loss of lives caused by the earthquake in Morocco on Friday 08 September...

Message in Memory of Aixa López

14 July 2023

The Socialist International Women is extremely sad to communicate that on 14 July 2023, in the city of Caracas, Venezuela, the comrade Aixa López, National Women's Secretary of Democratic Action, has passed away...

Message in Memory of Miguelina Vecchio

07 July 2023

Socialist International Women is extremely sad to announce that, after a long battle with cancer, our comrade Miguelina Vecchio, President of Labour Women Action of the PDT of Brazil, has passed away...

SIW Panel Event at IUSY World Festival 2023

Panama City, Panama, 28 June 2023

History of Socialist Women in the World

SIW Regional Meeting - Latin America and the Caribbean

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 26 March 2023

Democracy and Women's Political Participation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Message of Solidarity with the Women of Israel

17 March 2023

In Israel, dozens of women, led by the singer Efrat Gosh, marched dressed in the red dress from the dystopian 'The Handmaid's Tale'. These women, who are now known as the women in red, have become one of the most powerful symbols of the fight for the judicial system as a guarantor of the rights of women and minorities in Israel...

International Women's Day Declaration

08 March 2023

This 8th March – International Women's Day – we recall that equality between women and men is still far from being achieved and that the rights won by women are not permanent, but must be defended and promoted so as not to take steps back...

Women and New Technologies – A Challenge towards Equality

06 March 2023

67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), United Nations, New York, from 06 to 17 March 2023

Virtual Parallel Event hosted by the Socialist International Women (SIW) and Socialist International (SI)

Spain's Constitutional Court Rejects Abortion Law Challenge

09 February 2023

The Socialist International Women (SIW) applauds the decision by the Spanish constitutional court on Thursday 09 February 2023 to reject a challenge lodged more than a decade ago against a law allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy...

Season's Greeting!

December 2022

Wishing Peace and Equality in 2023

Declaration on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

25 November 2022

n these intensely turbulent times the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women creates a powerful focus on the continuing unacceptable levels of physical and mental suffering of women and girls and the urgent need to intensify our responses to the global scourge of gender based violence...

SIW Council Meeting and XXII Congress

Spain, Madrid, 21 to 23 November 2022

Elimination of Violence against Women - A Global Strategy

Gender Equality - A Way to Generate Actions that Positively Impact Climate Change

22 March 2022

66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), United Nations, New York, from 14 to 25 March 2022

Virtual Parallel Event hosted by the Socialist International Women (SIW)

SIW Council Meeting

09 and 10 July 2022

Implementing Parity – A way to Peace and Development

International Women's Day Declaration

08 March 2022

The Socialist International Women (SIW) applauds the theme of International Women's Day 2022 "Equality Today for a Sustainable Future"...

Publications

The First Hundred Years

A Short History of Socialist International Women

By Irmtraut Karlsson

This book tells the history of the first one hundred years of the Socialist International Women

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