WOMEN'S INTERCULTURAL NETWORK

WHO WE ARE
The genesis of the Women’s Intercultural Network -WIN was the International Women's Action Council (IWAC), created as an advisory group to a Ford Foundation grant in 1988: “Involving Women And Ethnic Minorities In Foreign Policy.” WIN CEO, formed IWAC to involve women from the many diverse cultures in San Diego in the project. This collaboration of women became the inspiration and prototype for WIN, which was incorporated in late 1994 in San Francisco, California. WIN and CAWA loyalists and partners held a 12th AnniversaryGala and Fundraiser in San Francisco on November 2nd, 2007.

As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, WIN has participated at several global conferences of women, foremost being the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China September 1995. WIN continues working to advance the UN goals of equality, development and peace for women and girls in the interest of all humanity.

Participation at the Beijing Conference was a natural venue for WIN. 40,000 women and girls joined together from 189 countries and agreed on the Platform for Action, a progressive document that was an imperative to advancing their status.



WIN brought the Platform home to the California grassroots for implementation.by creating CAWA: the CAlifornia Women's Agenda. CAWA is a growing state action alliance of over 500 diverse organizations who adapted and published the Beijing Platform as a Plan of Action for California. CAWA's objective is to link one million women in collective action through real and "virtual" networks. CAWA is a network that is organizing - not an organization that is networking.