New Resources
Born Free and Equal
Born Free and Equal sets out the source and scope of some of the core legal obligations that States have to protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Read more...The Bonds of Love at 25: A Collection of Essays
It is almost 25 years since Jessica Benjamin's seminal book, The Bonds of Love, came out. On the occasion of this anniversary, Studies in Gender and Sexuality has dedicated two special issues to exploring how this important book impacted, and continues to inspire contemporary psychoanalysis.
Read more...Women's rights and the right to food
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, recently submitted a report on “Women’s rights and the right to food” to the Human Rights Council.
Read more...A New Report: "Guilty by Association: Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon’s Anti-Homosexuality Law"
The 55-page report presents 10 case studies of arrests and prosecutions under article 347 bis of Cameroon’s penal code, which punishes “sexual relations between persons of the same sex” with up to five years in prison.
Read more...A New Resource: MEWC: "Women's Participation in Elections Across Africa in 2012"
The MEWC political participation and election monitoring team is excited to present its second annual Political Participation Report, reviewing all of the major national and regional elections that occurred in Africa in 2012. This report seeks to provide an overview of the role of women in elections across Africa in 2012 by focusing on women’s political participation as well as female candidates vying for public office, before and after the elections have taken place.
Read more...A Women’s Guide to Security Sector Reform
A Women’s Guide to Security Sector Reform seeks to encourage and empower women to take part in shaping and transforming the security sector in their communities and countries. Even if they have not formally studied security, women often have essential knowledge of community security needs, and have an important contribution to make to security sector reform (SSR).
Read more...A New Resource: "Women’s Economic Empowerment - Practice and Policy Implications from the Enterprise Challenge Fund"
In late 2012, the Enterprise Challenge Fund team conducted a review to explore how the ECF - an Australian Government Funded, AusAID led grant program for the private sector - contributed to improved economic development and women’s empowerment outcomes.
Read more...A New Resource: "The Future Young Women Want: A Global Call to Act"
The Future Young Women Want Report is an essential document in providing direction and specific demands/recommendations that work to include issues surrounding young women and gender equality in international platforms in the coming years.
Read more...Gloria Steinem challenges BBC Presenter on Violence against Women
Gloria Steinem, who originated WMC’s Women Under Siege, spoke to BBC “Hardtalk” presenter Stephen Sackur about the women’s movement
Read more...A New Resource/Article: Roj Women: "Erdoğan’s Deadly Pro-Life Agenda: Recruiting Unborn Turks in the War on Kurds"
"The fact that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent decision to wage war against women’s right to abortion in Turkey was borne out of the controversy surrounding the Uludere massacre, in which 34 Kurds were killed by Turkish F16s in December 2011, is no coincidence.
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