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International Federation of University Womenpromoting education for the realization of women’s rights since 1919
Supporting access to quality education from the primary level
Helping girls stay in school through the secondary level
Encouraging women to continue on to higher education, especially in scientific and technological fields
Offering literacy classes, vocational training, and sexual and reproductive health education at the grassroots level
Advocating for women’s human rights
Marie Curie - Nobel Price winner twice
Irène Joliot-Curie, Nobel Price winner
Mary Robinson, first female Irish Prime Minister
Barbara McClintock, Nobel Price winner
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Price
Barbara Prammer, first female president of Austria
Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of Switzerland
AMONG IFUW’S MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT
www.ifuw.org