title: IWA
text: # IWA
  
  IWA may refer to:
  
  ## Organizations
  
  ### International
  
  * International Water Association
  * International Webmasters Association
  * International Woodworkers of America, United States and Canada
  * International Workers Association, an anarcho-syndicalist federation of labour unions
  * International Workingmen's Association (1864–1876), also known as the First International
  
  ### United Kingdom
  
  * Indian Workers' Association
  * Inland Waterways Association, a canal charity
  * Institute of Welsh Affairs, a policy think-tank
  
  ### Elsewhere
  
  * Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, United States
  * International Wrestling Alliance, Canada
  * International Wrestling Association (disambiguation), various national bodies
  * Irish Wheelchair Association, Ireland
  
  ## Places
  
  * Iwa, Nepal, a defunct municipality (village development committee)
  * Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, Arizona, US (FAA code: IWA)
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Great frigatebird (Hawaiian: 'iwa), an avian species
     * Hurricane Iwa, a late-1982 storm on the Hawaiian Islands
  * IWA OutdoorClassics, an arms trade show held annually in Nuremberg, Germany
  * Integrated Windows Authentication, Microsoft term for a set of protocols
  * International Workshop Agreement, a stage of ISO's standardization process
  