The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) is an international non-governmental organization established in l976 following the United Nations International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City. With a commitment to empowering people and building communities, IWTC provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women, particularly low-income women, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
Keywords: United Nations, womens issues, women and development, women in conflict, women and peace building, United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 & 1820, Beijing Platform for Action, Millennium Summit +5, CEDAW, women and poverty