AWID News

In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, AWID has launched a special section on our website designed to provide a wide range of information on the context of the crisis, the latest analysis on the aftermath of the earthquake, how the crisis is impacting women and women’s rights, how to ensure women's rights are at the centre of responses to disasters, and how you can act in solidarity with the women, men and children of Haiti.

Statement of the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development (WWG on FfD) at the DCF High Level Symposium, Vienna, 12-13 November 2009

This series presents different sub-regional perspectives on the impacts of the crisis on women’s rights.

Statement of the Women's Working Group on Financing for Development for the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, September 2009

The central role of the United Nations, or the G192, in economic governance nearly vanished!

A call for rights based responses to the global financial and economic crisis.

Following is a summary of the WWG on FfD’s submission to the UN-NGLS NGO Consultation on the Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Financial and Monetary System conducted online from 26 January to 13 February 2009.

The Women's Working Group on Financing for Development (WWG on FFD) welcomes this consultation and the efforts from the Commission to move towards a more comprehensive development analysis on the impact of the crisis to identify possible alternatives or proposals.

This publication aims to provide an updated snapshot of key funding trends impacting women’s rights organizations.

An analysis based on a women's and human rights perspective.