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The '''International Alliance of Women''' ('''IAW'''; {{lang-fr|Alliance Internationale des Femmes}}, AIF) is an [[International nongovernmental organization|international non-governmental]] organization that works to promote [[women's rights]] and [[gender equality]]. It was historically the main international organization that campaigned for [[women's suffrage]]. IAW stands for an inclusive, [[Intersectionality|intersectional]] and [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[liberal feminism]], and understands [[LGBT rights]] as an integral part of feminism.
 
IAW is traditionally the dominant [[international non-governmental organization]] within the [[Liberal feminism|bourgeois-liberal women's movement]]. The basic principle of IAW is that the full and equal enjoyment of [[human rights]] is due to all women and girls. It is one of the oldest, largest and most influential organizations in its field. The organization was founded as '''International Woman Suffrage Alliance''' ('''IWSA''') in 1904 in [[Berlin]], Germany, by [[Carrie Chapman Catt]], [[Millicent Fawcett]], [[Susan B. Anthony]] and other leading feminists from around the world to campaign for [[women's suffrage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=International Woman Suffrage News (Centenary edition)|url=http://womenalliance.org/old/pdf/IAWCentenaryEdition19042004webversion.pdf|website=Women Alliance}}</ref> IWSA was headquartered in [[London]], and it was the preeminent international women's suffrage organization. Its emphasis has since shifted to a broad human rights focus. Today it represents over 50 organizations world-wide comprising several hundred thousand members, and has its seat in [[Geneva]].
 
From 1926, the organization had strong ties to the [[League of Nations]]. Since 1947, IAW has had [[general consultative status]] to the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]], the highest UN status possible for a non-governmental organization, the [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|fourth organization to be granted this status]]. IAW also has participatory status with the [[Council of Europe]]. It has representatives at the [[United Nations Headquarters|UN headquarters]] in [[New York City|New York]], the [[United Nations Office at Geneva|UN office]] in [[Geneva]], the [[United Nations Office at Vienna|UN office]] in [[Vienna]], [[UNESCO]] in [[Paris]], the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] in [[Rome]] and the [[Council of Europe]] in [[Strasbourg]]. It also has representatives to the [[Arab League]] in [[Cairo]] and the [[Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf|Gulf Countries Council]] in [[Riyadh]], and is a member of the [[European Women's Lobby]] in [[Brussels]]. Its President and Chief Representative to the United Nations is [[Cheryl Hayles]]. Its current main UN representative in New York [[Soon-Young Yoon]] is also chair of the [[NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York]] and First Vice-President of the [[Conference of NGOs]]. IAW's official working languages are English and French. IAW adopted gold as its color, the color associated with the mainstream liberal women's rights movement in the United States since the 19th century.
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