Founder's Message

From its founding more than 30 years ago, International Women Associates (IWA) has been a cultural resource for women from other countries who reside in the Chicago area. IWA programs and activities have long provided an opportunity for transition and integration into the community, in the company of others who have had the experience of adjusting to a new and different society. IWA has also made it possible for Americans with international experience to share their knowledge and to fulfill the role of citizen/diplomat.

IWA reaches out in friendship to all members of Chicago’s international community. Through cultural exchange, dialogue, and friendship—both within and outside of the membership—IWA creates links among diverse people and other organizations and advocates for global understanding and universal human rights.

Doe Thornburg

Founder

 


Online Reservations for IWA Events and Membership Renewals

To register for many of our upcoming, exciting events, click HERE to go to the main IWA Event Registration Page.

Click here to renew your 2010 Resident Membership to IWA.

Click here to renew your 2010 Non-Resident or Consular Corp Membership to IWA. 

 

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE: RISING VOICE OF WOMAN AWARD ON OCTOBER 14, 2010

IWA is pleased to announce that Ambassador Prudence Bushnell has been selected to receive its 2010 Rising Voice of Woman Award. As the former U.S. Ambassador to Kenya and Guatemala and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Bushnell has been on the front lines of U.S. international policy throughout her 23 years in diplomatic work.  No matter what the challenge, Bushnell responded to each crisis with extraordinary courage, resolve and strength.  Based on her remarkable experience, she will focus her remarks on leadership in times of crisis and in an age of terrorism.

 

Ambassador Bushnell will receive the award and make her address on October 14, 2010 at the Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago.  The event will begin at 5:30 p.m.  Formal invitations will be sent on in early September.  If you are not an IWA member and would like to receive an invitation, please contact the IWA office at iwa@iwachicago.org or 312.263.1421.