Our Mandate
Advocates for International Women’s Rights (AIWR) is dedicated to raising awareness about gender inequality and female empowerment around the world. Our mandate is to channel the passion about issues related to gender inequality that lies within each of our members. We do this by raising awareness on campus and educating students, and by providing members and non-members with a platform through which they can explore the world of gender inequality, question the role and relevance of feminism in today’s world, and learn how gender inequality affects men as much as women. Advocates for International Women’s Rights is focused on knowledge generation and community service through the lens of gender inequality. Knowledge generation is done through holding informational sessions with speakers, weekly group meetings where gender issues in current news are discussed, and through hosting various events on campus all of which provide valuable insight into the issues faced by women and men around the world. One of our most important goals is giving back to the community, which in prior years has been done through reaching out to a women’s shelter and donating money to suitable causes.
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Meet the Executives
Mehr is a second year life science student, majoring in Global Health and Biological Anthropology. Mehr has always been passionate about gender inequality. She believes that small movements can make a big difference in the world, and that nothing is more powerful than education when it comes to erasing gender inequality.
Mehr Giliani, PRESIDENT
Bami Kuyoro, Vice-President Internal
Bami is a student at the University of Toronto majoring in both mathematics and human geography. She believes that, as women we tend to underestimate our power, and thus fail to reach our full potential. Her aim is to empower women to be independent in achieving everything they desire. and to do it to the best of their abilities.
Divya is in her second year of studies, she is majoring in women gender studies with a double minor in religions and environmental geography. She has always been interested in women's rights and children's education rights, especially in developing countries. She believes raising awareness is the first step to solving inequality issues.
Divya Anroop, VICE - PRESIDENT
COMMUNICATIONS
Joe-Ann Jean-Baptiste, Vice-President Financial
Joe-Ann is a second year student studying Equity Studies as well as Women and Gender Studies. She’s particularly interested in the effects of patriarchy on society’s perception of women and racial minorities and hopes to raise awareness on gender and social inequalities. She believes that a woman’s place in this world can be wherever she chooses.
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