Graduate Women International

GWI advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels. Their vision is 100% of girls and women in the world achieving education beyond primary school.

Funded in 1919, initially as the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), GWI is a world-wide, non-governmental organization of women graduates whose purpose is to promote: lifelong education for women and girls, promote international cooperation and respect for human rights for all, advocate for the advancement of the status of women and girls, and to encourage and enable women and girls to apply their knowledge and skills in leadership and decision-making in their public and private life.