| Inter-American Commission of Women Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres Comissão Interamericana de Mulheres Commission interaméricaine des femmes | |
 English-language version of the CIM logo (since 2020) | |
.svg) OAS member states where the CIM operates | |
| Abbreviation | CIM |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1928[1] |
| Founded at | Havana, Cuba |
| Purpose | "Shape the public policy agenda from a rights-based perspective for the full citizenship of women and the elimination of gender-based discrimination and violence"[1] |
| Location | |
Region | OAS member states |
| Fields | Women's rights |
Official language | Spanish, English, Portuguese, French |
Executive Secretary | Alejandra Mora Mora |
| Executive Committee[1] | |
Main organ | Assembly of Delegates[1] |
Parent organization | Organization of American States (OAS) |
| Website | www |
The Inter-American Commission of Women (Spanish: Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres, Portuguese: Comissão Interamericana de Mulheres, French: Commission interaméricaine des femmes), abbreviated CIM,[note 1] is an organization that falls within the Organization of American States. It was established in 1928 by the Sixth Pan-American Conference and is composed of one female representative from each Republic in the Union. In 1938, the CIM was made a permanent organization, with the goal of studying and addressing women's issues in the Americas.[3]
CIM was the first intergovernmental organization designed specifically to address the civil and political needs of women, and in many ways has led the movement for international women's rights.[4] In 1933, CIM became the first international organization to present a resolution for international suffrage for women, which was not ratified, as well as the first to submit a treaty which was adopted concerning women's rights. This treaty, the 1933 Convention on the Nationality of Women, established that marriage did not affect nationality. The women of the CIM submitted a resolution and attained the first international acknowledgement of women's political and civil rights (1938). They also researched and prepared the first-ever treaty on violence against women which was approved as the 1994 Belém do Pará Convention. By attaining international agreements, the delegates of the CIM are able to pressure change in their home countries to comply with those resolutions.
Since 1955, CIM has regularly reported to the United Nations on the status of women in the Americas and works to implement U.N. Conventions in the Western Hemisphere.[5]
- ^ a b c d "CIM Mission and Mandate". CIM website. Inter-American Commission of Women. August 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Davies, Sara E.; True, Jacqui (2019). The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 415. ISBN 9780190638276.
- ^ "Universal Declaration of Rights Part A" (PDF). biblio-archive.unog. New York: United Nations. 29 February 1948. p. 59. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ Jain, Devaki (2005). Women, Development, and the UN a Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-253-11184-5.
- ^ "Collection: Inter-American Commission of Women records | Smith College Finding Aids". findingaids.smith.edu. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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