– IALRW is one of the oldest international interfaith women’s organizations in the world. It was convened in Berlin in 1910 by some women attending the 5th Congress of Free Christianity and Religious Progress. Three years later, in Paris, it was organized as the International Union of Liberal Christian Women.
>harvard.1910 origins of IALRW
– The two world wars interrupted activities, but members maintained contact and worked with prisoners and refugees, keeping families in touch across enemy lines. Historic documents are preserved. Some are at Harvard Library, USA. Actually some documents like correspondence of the first presidents (war time), agendas, reports and notes of international and regional conferences are kept in Switzerland.
– Conferences and other activities resumed after the wars and have continued ever since. Since adoption of the present name in 1975, the International Association of Liberal Religious Women has reached out to women of many faiths, and welcomes all who strive for a liberal religious life.