CIM

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intergovernmental organization specialized organization of the Organization of American States

CIM is the Spanish acronym for the Inter-American Commission of Women, a specialized organization within the Organization of American States dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality in the Americas.

Aliases (1)

Inter-American Commission of Women ×47

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization → specialized organization of the Organization of American States →
abbreviation	CIM →
acronymLanguage	Spanish →
affiliation	Organization of American States →
alsoKnownAs	CIM → Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres →
collaboratesWith	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → OAS General Secretariat → United Nations entities on gender equality →
continent	North America →
field	gender equality → human rights → international cooperation → public policy → women’s rights →
focusPopulation	girls → women →
foundingContext	Inter-American system →
governingBody	Assembly of Delegates of the Inter-American Commission of Women →
headquartersCountry	United States →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1928 →
jurisdiction	Inter-American system of human rights →
language	English → French → Portuguese → Spanish →
legalStatus	specialized organization of the OAS →
membership	OAS member states →
organizationType	commission →
parentOrganization	Organization of American States →
policyArea	gender mainstreaming in the OAS → women’s political rights in the Americas →
purpose	advancement of women in the Americas → promotion of gender equality → promotion of women’s rights → protection of women’s rights →
regionServed	Americas → OAS member states →
scope	hemispheric →
website	https://www.oas.org/en/cim/ →
worksOn	economic empowerment of women → elimination of discrimination against women → mainstreaming gender in public policies → political participation of women → prevention of gender-based violence →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inter-American Commission of Women → Inter-American Commission of Women →	alsoKnownAs
Inter-American Commission of Women →	abbreviation