FIDA seeks to realize its objectives mainly through three avenues:
(A) Its work at the United Nations
Under its consultative status, FIDA has the privilege and the right to attend meetings of the United Nations Economic and Social Council and some of its functional and special commissions, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission of Human Rights, the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of the Minorities and others, and many Committees formed in connection with the work of these commissions. The federation participates in their work by making its position known on various subjects through oral interventions and written statements made by FIDA’s representatives at those meetings. FIDA is a member of the Non Governmental Organizations Board of Directors and enjoys consultative status Number 2.
(B) Its work at FIDA’s triennial conventions
Our Federation holds international conventions every two years in the country of the current president. These conventions rotate by regions so that every region and the various countries in those regions may have equal opportunity to have a president and a convention. At the conventions our members generally make a comparative study of some particular phase of the law, write papers, and after debate, come to consensus conclusions, embodied in resolutions which are thereafter published in our periodicals and circulated to be acted upon by our members in their respective countries. The conventions also give us the opportunity to become personally acquainted with members from different regions and cultures, to understand each other better and to formulate policies to make our Federation more effective in carrying out our objectives.
(C) Through its publications
The purpose of our publications is twofold, to keep open lines of communication with our members and to keep them informed about our work and results. The Abogada Newsletter: The International Women Lawyers Newsletter published quarterly in three languages, viz: – English, French and Spanish; La Abogada Internacional – Convention Review issued once a year; papers are also prepared by individual members or committees which are read at various Conferences and Conventions of the Federation.