Would you like to get involved with the Women, Information and Libraries SIG (WIL SIG)? Here’s how: 1. Learn about our projects and initiatives and explore our previous WLIC Sessions – contact the Convenor 2. Provide a translation for one of our resources 3. Learn how to become… Read More
On this International Women’s Day, we look forward to seeing the new and continued ways libraries offer support for a sustainable future – and we encourage libraries to share best practices and how you’ve implemented services. Read More
Women are central to the well-being of any society. In turn, meaningful access to information and the defence of cultural rights is central to the empowerment of women. Meeting these needs is a major contribution of the library field. Read More
The Carter Centre conference 'Inform Women, Transform Lives' will focus on the importance of transparency and access to information for women, and the obstacles they face. Looking to take practical steps, it will idenitfy entry-points, and establish priority actions for ensuring an effective, meaningful, and universal right of access… Read More
Cultural rights have long been recognised as a pillar of human rights, and women's cultural rights are no exception. A new paper from IFLA brings together lessons from a satellite meeting at last year's WLIC to show how libraries are working to defend these. Read More
Join us for the WIL SIG satellite meeting which will discuss current library and information initiatives which are supporting and improving the lives of women living in conflict situations due, but not limited to, war; political instability; terrorism; humanitarian crisis; extremism; etc., as well as lessons learned from these initiatives… Read More