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Human Rights Council (HRC)

The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the key intergovernmental body within the United Nations system responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. It holds three regular sessions a year: in March, June and September. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is the secretariat for the HRC.

The HRC works by:

  • Debating and passing resolutions on global human rights issues and human rights situations in particular countries

  • Examining complaints from victims of human rights violations or activist organizations on behalf of victims of human rights violations

  • Appointing independent experts (known as “Special Procedures”) to review human rights violations in specific countries and examine and further global human rights issues

  • Engaging in discussions with experts and governments on human rights issues

  • Assessing the human rights records of all UN Member States every four and a half years through the Universal Periodic Review

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AWID works with feminist, progressive and human rights partners to share key knowledge, convene civil society dialogues and events, and influence negotiations and outcomes of the session.

With our partners, our work will:

◟ Monitor, track and analyze anti-rights actors, discourses and strategies and their impact on resolutions

◟ Raise awareness of the findings of the 2017 and 2021 OURs Trends Reports.

◟Support the work of feminist UN experts in the face of backlash and pressure

◟Advocate for state accountability
 
◟ Work with feminist movements and civil society organizations to advance rights related to gender and sexuality.
 

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Sustaining Ourselves, Our Activism, Our Movements

Sustaining Ourselves, Our Activism, Our Movements

Ahead of the 2016 International Day of Action for Women's Health, on May 28th, we spotlight Sacred Women International, an AWID member based in Toronto, Canada. The organisation focuses on “creating a balance” and building the well-being of African, Caribbean, and Black Women across the diaspora. They shared with AWID on the importance of sustaining activists in order to continue social activism, uphold our communities and movements. #BlackLivesMatter

“We absolutely need passion for the work that we are doing or we won’t be able to do it. And to shift anything we need passion. But let’s not replace passion with anger. And let’s not carry the history of pain so much on our back that we bring it into our work, that we bring it into our lives.” – Aina-Nia Ayo-Dele, Sacred Women International

Watch the video to find out more about Sacred Women International 

 

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Dando apoyo a nuestros activismos, a nuestros movimientos y a nosotrxs mismxs

Dando apoyo a nuestros activismos, a nuestros movimientos y a nosotrxs mismxs

Adelantando el DĂ­a Internacional de AcciĂłn por la Salud de las Mujeres, 28 de mayo, destacamos el trabajo que realiza la organizaciĂłn afiliada a AWID con sede en Toronto, CanadĂĄ, Sacred Women International. La misma se dedica a “crear un equilibrio” y fortalecer el bienestar de las mujeres africanas, caribeñas y negras de la diĂĄspora. Ellxs compartieron con AWID lo importante que es dar apoyo a las activistas para que se pueda continuar con el activismos social, y respaldar a nuestras comunidades y movimientos. #BlackLivesMatter 

«Realmente necesitamos pasiĂłn por el trabajo que estamos haciendo. Y para cambiar algo, necesitamos pasiĂłn. Pero no reemplacemos la pasiĂłn por ira. Y no carguemos tanto sobre nuestras espaldas la historia del dolor como para llevarla a nuestro trabajo y a nuestras vidas.» – Aina-Nia Ayo-Dele, Sacred Women International

Mira el video para saber mĂĄs acerca de Sacred Women International

 

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Soigner nous-mĂȘmes, notre activisme et nos mouvements

Soigner nous-mĂȘmes, notre activisme et nos mouvements

En prĂ©vision de la JournĂ©e internationale d’action pour la santĂ© des femmes, le 28 mai 2016, nous mettons en lumiĂšre Sacred Women International, membre institutionnel de l’AWID basĂ© Ă  Toronto au Canada. L’organisation se concentre sur la crĂ©ation d’un Ă©quilibre et la favorisation du bien-ĂȘtre des femmes africaines, caribbĂ©enes et noires Ă  travers la diaspora. L’équipe de Sacred Women International a expliquĂ© l’importance de soutenir les activistes afin de contribuer Ă  faire vivre les communautĂ©s et les mouvements. #BlackLivesMatter

« Nous avons absolument besoin de passion pour le travail que nous faisons. Pour parvenir à changer quoi que ce soit, nous avons besoin de cette passion. Il ne faut pas remplacer la passion par de la colÚre. Et ne portons pas notre histoire, pétrie de douleur, sur notre dos au point que cela affecte notre travail et nos vies. » - Aina-Nia Ayo-Dele, Sacred Women International

Visionnez la vidĂ©o afin d’en savoir plus sur Sacred Women International 

 

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Transitions: Tangarr’s Story

Transitions: Tangarr’s Story

After Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) rights and communities on the peninsula became subject to the discriminatory and repressive ‘anti-gay propaganda’ law. 


Tangarr was born in Sevastopol, a city on the Black Sea. But as a gay transman, with strong views and principles supporting feminism, LGBTQI rights and human rights in general, he now considers Crimea a dangerous place and has fled with his partner to the continental part of Ukraine.

About Identity

Unlike most transgender people, Tangarr discovered somewhat later in life that his gender identity didn't match his sex assigned at birth. He told us about his childhood being relatively happy and his parents holding fairly liberal views on how a child is supposed to behave. He and his brother were treated equally, and Tangarr wasn’t persuaded to 'act like a normal girl' or do things traditionally considered feminine by society.

"I was playing Cowboys and Indians, climbing mountains with my parents and my brother, we went backpacking. I practiced Judo. I had no problem with being myself."

The coming of puberty, though, brought challenges for him. He wasn’t happy about everything his mother cherished, particularly the notion that this was the time that ‘turns girls into beautiful women’, an idea often romanticized.

His feelings about those changes were based on worry and frustration, he remembers, “it's hard to realize that your body develops in a way contradictory to your psyche”. 

Society didn’t treat him the way he wanted to be treated, people saw in him a young girl, and all he felt was a sense of wrongness and confusion related to the fact that their perception disappointed him.

“I thought I was lesbian (because they're, you know, stereotypically portrayed as masculine women), but I preferred men. It’s one of the moments when you realize how important enlightenment on issues of gender and sexual orientation is.”

Tangarr describes how he lacked information about transgender people, so he thought that the main problem was his body. He worked out, “became more muscular and athletic, yet something was definitely missing”. The sense of wrongness still persisted even if it was diminished by a quite liberal environment, including the understanding and support of friends.

His life was changed by someone (he used to know) attempting to insult him by saying “no matter how hard you work out, you’ll never be a man”. At this point, Tangarr realized something he said he never thought about before...

“I thought I was alone. A girl who feels like a guy — moreover, a gay guy.”

Legal changes and challenges

Prior to his legal sex change, the information Tangarr found online and the people he talked to helped guide him to learn all he needed to know about this process in Ukraine. He read stories, medical articles, basically everything about appearance changes and hormone replacement therapy.

He started the therapy and went through mastectomy (removal of breasts) procedure in Moscow, Russia as there “are no surgeons in Ukraine who are famed for quality in this matter”. For him this also reflects general “ignorance among the population on transgender issues, even among medical workers”. 

“For everything we hold dear, it’s unthinkable to refuse facing the challenge.”

However, to complete the legal sex change in Ukraine, irreversible sterilization is mandatory. Tangarr protested against this because, “forced sterilization is discriminatory for too many reasons to count”. With support of a friend, he was able to change documents legally, without undergoing hysterectomy (removal of the uterus). He is one of the very few people who has done so in Ukraine. 

Discrimination/Bias/Violence and joining movement(s)

 “I always found it weird that nobody does anything to stop it from happening
 But then I understood that this nobody is me”

Tangarr’s experiences during his life (as a woman) moved him to join the feminist movement, “as further male socialization highlighted all the challenges girls and women must overcome on a daily basis”. He is an activist in "Lavender Menace", a group whose main fields of interest are queer theory, feminism and transgender rights, and is an active member of the Trans* Coalition, which unites transgender people and their allies in countries of the former Soviet Union. 

In December 2015, Tangarr began his work as an activist by participating in a dialogue between representatives of the transgender community from countries of Eastern  Europe and Central Asia (EECA) and the Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM), to discuss  prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS among transgender people as a socially vulnerable group. He made a presentation on "Cognitive biases as reasons for transmen being at a high risk of HIV infection, methods of prevention and improvement of the situation".

He has participated in creating an information booklet about gender, has authored articles on transgender issues, has worked on a video to support Odessa Pride, and has spoken on a television show about challenges transgender people face when trying to change legal sex.

In the Kirovograd (central Ukraine) Centre for Fight against HIV and AIDS, Tangarr has been invited to lecture journalists, human rights activists, medical workers and the police on transgender issues.

Tangarr firmly believes that “education is a panacea for biases and misconceptions, discrimination and xenophobia”. His motto: “surrender to the truth as fast as you can”.

“The more we know about gender identity and sexual orientation issues, the less biased we become. With prejudice comes suffering, and to dispel ignorance is to diminish distress caused by it.”

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AWID

Transiciones: La historia de Tangarr

Transiciones: La historia de Tangarr

Después de que Rusia le quitara Crimea a Ucrania y la anexara en marzo de 2014, las comunidades de personas lesbianas, gay, bisexuales, trans, queer e intersex (LGBTQI) de la península y sus derechos quedaron sujetos a una ley discriminatoria y represiva conocida como ley de «propaganda anti-gay». 


Tangarr nació en Sebastopol, una ciudad sobre el Mar Negro. Como hombre trans y gay con firmes convicciones y principios que apoyan el feminismo, los derechos LGBTQI y los derechos humanos en general, considera que Crimea se ha tornado un lugar peligroso y por eso huyó con su pareja a la parte continental de Ucrania. 

Sobre la identidad 

A diferencia de la mayoría de las personas trans, Tangarr descubrió relativamente tarde que su identidad de género no coincidía con el sexo que le habían asignado al nacer. Nos contó que su infancia fue relativamente feliz y que su madre y su padre tenían una visión bastante liberal de cómo se supone que lxs niñxs deben comportarse. Los trataban a él y a su hermano de igual manera y nunca intentaron persuadir a Tangarr de que «actuara como una niña normal» o que hiciera cosas que la sociedad tradicionalmente considera como femeninas. 

«Jugaba a indios y vaqueros, escalaba montañas con mis padres y mi hermano, Ă­bamos de mochileros. Practicaba judo. No tenĂ­a ningĂșn problema en ser yo mismo.»


Pero la llegada de la pubertad implicó desafíos para él. No estaba contento con nada lo que su madre valoraba, sobre todo la idea a menudo idealizada de que ese es el momento en que «las chicas se convierten en bellas mujeres».

Sus sentimientos en relación a esos cambios tenían que ver mås con la preocupación y la frustración, y recuerda lo «difícil que es darse cuenta que tu cuerpo se desarrolla de una forma que contradice a tu alma».

La sociedad no lo trataba de la forma en que Ă©l querĂ­a ser tratado; la gente veĂ­a en Ă©l a una joven y lo Ășnico que Ă©l sentĂ­a era que algo no estaba bien. Su confusiĂłn estaba relacionada con el hecho de que la percepciĂłn que la gente tenĂ­a de Ă©l lo decepcionaba. 

«Pensé que era lesbiana (porque, como ya saben, el estereotipo las muestra como mujeres masculinas), pero prefería a los hombres. Es uno de los momentos en los que te das cuenta de lo importante que es entender las cuestiones del género y la orientación sexual». 

Tangarr relata que como carecía de información acerca de las personas transgénero, pensó que el problema principal era su cuerpo. Hizo ejercicio y logró «volverse mås musculoso y atlético, pero definitivamente algo estaba faltando». Sin embargo, la sensación persistente de que algo no estaba bien se veía atenuada por un entorno bastante liberal en el que contaba con la comprensión y el apoyo de sus amigxs.

Fue una persona (que él conocía) quien cambió su vida cuando intentó insultarle diciendo «No importa cuånto ejercicio hagas, nunca serås un hombre». En ese momento Tangarr se dio cuenta de algo que nunca se le había ocurrido antes... 

«PensĂ© que estaba solx. Una chica que se sentĂ­a como un chico — lo que es mĂĄs, un chico gay».

Cambios legales y desafíos 

Antes de su cambio de sexo legal, Tangarr encontró información en línea y habló con gente que le ayudó y le guió mientras aprendía todo lo que necesitaba saber acerca de este proceso en Ucrania. Leyó historias, artículos médicos, båsicamente todo lo relacionado con los cambios en la apariencia y la terapia de reemplazo hormonal. 

Tangarr comenzĂł la terapia y se hizo una mastectomĂ­a (extirpaciĂłn de los senos) en MoscĂș, Rusia, ya que «no hay cirujanos en Ucrania que sean conocidos por su pericia en este tema». Para Ă©l, esta situaciĂłn tambiĂ©n refleja el estado general de «ignorancia sobre los temas trans que existe entre la poblaciĂłn, incluso entre lxs trabajadorxs de la salud». 

«Por todo aquello que atesoramos, es impensable negarse a enfrentar el desafío.» 

Sin embargo, en Ucrania, para completar el cambio de sexo legal es obligatoria la esterilizaciĂłn irreversible. Tangarr protestĂł contra eso porque «las razones por las que la esterilizaciĂłn forzada es discriminatoria son demasiadas para ser enumeradas». Con el apoyo de una persona amiga pudo cambiar sus documentos legalmente, sin someterse a una histerectomĂ­a (extracciĂłn del Ăștero). Tangarr es una de las pocas personas que lo ha hecho en Ucrania.

Discriminación/Prejuicios/Violencia y la afiliación al/los movimiento(s)  

«Siempre me pareció raro que nadie hiciera nada para evitar que eso sucediera... Pero luego entendí que ese nadie era yo.» 

Las experiencias de Tangarr durante su vida (como mujer) le llevaron a unirse al movimiento feminista, «ya que el proceso adicional de socialización masculina puso de relieve todos los desafíos que las niñas y mujeres deben superar día a día». Desde entonces es activista en la «Amenaza Violeta», un grupo cuyas principales åreas de interés son la teoría queer, el feminismo y los derechos trans y miembro activo de la Trans* Coalition [Coalición Trans*], grupo que une a las personas trans y sus aliadxs en los países de la antigua Unión Soviética. 

En diciembre de 2015 Tangarr comenzó su trabajo como activista participando en un coloquio entre representantes de la comunidad trans de los países de Europa Oriental y Asia Central (EECA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) [Coalición Euroasiåtica sobre Salud Masculina], para discutir sobre prevención y tratamiento de VIH y SIDA entre las personas trans como grupo socialmente vulnerable. Allí hizo una presentación sobre los «Los sesgos cognitivos como razones por las cuales los hombres trans corren un alto riesgo de infección por VIH, métodos de prevención y cómo mejorar la situación».

Tangarr ha colaborado en la creación de un folleto informativo sobre género, ha escrito artículos sobre temas trans, ha trabajado en un video que apoya al grupo Odessa Pride [Orgullo Odesa] y ha hablado en un programa de televisión acerca de los desafíos que enfrentan las personas trans cuando intentan hacer un cambio de sexo legalmente. 

En el Centro de Lucha contra el VIH y el SIDA de Kirovogrado (Ucrania central), Tangarr ha sido invitado a dar una conferencia para periodistas, activistas de derechos humanos, trabajadorxs de la salud y policías sobre temas trans. 

Tangarr cree firmemente que «la educación es una panacea contra los prejuicios y conceptos erróneos, la discriminación y la xenofobia». Su lema es: «Ríndete a la verdad tan råpido como puedas».

«Cuanto mås sepamos sobre identidad de género y orientación sexual, menos prejuicios tendremos. El prejuicio trae aparejado sufrimiento, por eso barrer con la ignorancia es reducir el dolor que ella causa».

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AWID

Transitions : l’histoire de Tangarr

Transitions : l’histoire de Tangarr

Depuis l’annexion de la CrimĂ©e Ă  la Russie en mars 2014, les droits et les communautĂ©s des personnes lesbiennes, gaies, bisexuelles, trans*, queers et intersexes (LGBT*QI) de la pĂ©ninsule sont soumis Ă  la loi discriminatoire et rĂ©pressive de « propagande anti-gays » (lien en anglais). 


Tangarr est nĂ© Ă  SĂ©bastopol, une ville situĂ©e au bord de la Mer Noire. Mais cet homme trans* aux convictions et aux principes bien ancrĂ©s, soutenant le fĂ©minisme, les droits LGBT*QI et les droits humains en gĂ©nĂ©ral, estime que la CrimĂ©e est aujourd’hui un lieu dangereux (lien en anglais) et a fui avec son partenaire en Ukraine continentale. 

De l’identité 

Contrairement Ă  la plupart des personnes trans*, Tangarr a dĂ©couvert un peu plus tard que son identitĂ© de genre n’était pas en accord avec le sexe qui lui avait Ă©tĂ© assignĂ© Ă  la naissance. Il nous a racontĂ© que son enfance avait Ă©tĂ© relativement heureuse, que ses parents avaient une vision plutĂŽt libĂ©rale du comportement que l’on attend d’un enfant. Son frĂšre et lui ont Ă©tĂ© traitĂ©s de la mĂȘme façon, et on ne demandait pas Ă  Tangarr « d’avoir le comportement d’une fille normale » ou de faire des choses que la sociĂ©tĂ© considĂšre fĂ©minines. 

« Je jouais aux cowboys et aux indiens, j’escaladais des montagnes avec mes parents et mon frĂšre, on voyageait en sac Ă  dos. Je faisais du judo. J’étais moi-mĂȘme et je me sentais bien. »

Mais avec la pubertĂ©, il a vu surgir les difficultĂ©s. Il vivait mal les aspirations de sa mĂšre, en particulier l’idĂ©e selon laquelle la pubertĂ© Ă©tait la pĂ©riode qui « transforme les filles en de belles femmes », une idĂ©e qui est souvent enjolivĂ©e. 

Cette mĂ©tamorphose suscitait en lui des sentiments de frustration et du tourment. Il se souvient : « C’est dur de rĂ©aliser que le dĂ©veloppement de votre corps prend une direction opposĂ©e Ă  celle de votre psychĂ© ». 

La sociĂ©tĂ© ne l’a pas toujours traitĂ© comme il l’aurait souhaitĂ©, les gens voyaient en lui une jeune fille. Cela ne lui inspirait qu’une confusion et une impression d’incongruitĂ©, toutes deux liĂ©es au fait que leur perception le dĂ©cevait.

« J’ai cru que j’étais lesbienne (parce que, vous savez, elles sont stĂ©rĂ©otypĂ©es comme Ă©tant des femmes masculines), mais je prĂ©fĂ©rais les hommes. C’est lĂ  qu’on se rend compte Ă  quel point il est important d’éclairer les gens sur les questions d’orientation de genre et sexuelle. » 

Tangarr dĂ©crit qu’il a cruellement manquĂ© d’informations concernant les personnes trans*, ce qui l’a amenĂ© Ă  croire que le plus gros problĂšme venait de son corps. Il s’est mis Ă  s’entraĂźner, « [est] devenu plus musclĂ© et athlĂ©tique, mais quelque chose manquait clairement ». Bien qu’attĂ©nuĂ©e par un environnement assez libĂ©ral et par la comprĂ©hension et le soutien de ses ami-e-s, cette impression d’incongruitĂ© a continuĂ© de persister.

Sa vie a changĂ© lorsque quelqu’un (qu’il connaissait) a cherchĂ© Ă  l’insulter en lui disant : « Tu peux t’entraĂźner autant que tu veux, tu ne seras jamais un homme ». À cet instant, Tangarr a rĂ©alisĂ© une chose Ă  laquelle il dit n’avoir jamais pensĂ© auparavant
 

« Je me suis dit que j’étais seul. Une fille qui se sent comme un mec — un mec gay, qui plus est. »

Changements juridiques et obstacles 

Avant de changer lĂ©galement de sexe, les renseignements que Tangarr a trouvĂ©s sur le net et les gens avec lesquels il a Ă©changĂ© l’ont aidĂ© Ă  s’orienter afin d’obtenir toutes les informations nĂ©cessaires au sujet de ce processus en Ukraine. Il a lu des tĂ©moignages, des articles mĂ©dicaux, essentiellement tout ce qu’il pouvait sur les changements au niveau de l’apparence et sur le traitement hormonal de substitution. 

Il a entamĂ© sa thĂ©rapie et subi une mastectomie (ablation des seins) Ă  Moscou, en Russie, puisqu’il « n’existe en Ukraine aucun chirurgien de qualitĂ© rĂ©putĂ© dans ce domaine ». Pour lui, cela reflĂšte aussi « l’ignorance gĂ©nĂ©rale de la population sur les questions trans*, et cela mĂȘme parmi le corps mĂ©dical ». 

« Au nom de tout ce qui nous tient Ă  cƓur, il est impensable de refuser de relever ce dĂ©fi. » 

Mais l’Ukraine exige qu’une stĂ©rilisation irrĂ©versible soit pratiquĂ©e afin d’effectuer le changement de sexe. Tangarr s’est insurgĂ© contre cette condition, car « la stĂ©rilisation forcĂ©e est discriminatoire pour mille et une raisons ». Avec l’aide d’un ami, il est parvenu Ă  modifier ses documents lĂ©galement, sans avoir Ă  subir d’hystĂ©rectomie (ablation de l’utĂ©rus). Il est l’une des trĂšs rares personnes Ă  avoir procĂ©dĂ© ainsi en Ukraine. 

Discrimination/préjugés/violence et adhérer à des mouvements 

 « J’ai toujours trouvĂ© bizarre que personne ne fasse rien pour empĂȘcher que cela n’arrive
 Et puis j’ai compris que ‘personne’, c’était moi ». 

Les expĂ©riences que Tangarr a faites au cours de sa vie (de femme) l’ont amenĂ© Ă  rejoindre le mouvement fĂ©ministe, « dans la mesure oĂč sa socialisation en tant qu’homme a mis en Ă©vidence tous les obstacles que les filles et les femmes ont Ă  surmonter jour aprĂšs jour ». C’est un activiste de Lavender Menace, un groupe dont les principaux domaines d’intĂ©rĂȘt sont la thĂ©orie queer, le fĂ©minisme et les droits trans*. Il est aussi membre actif de la Trans* Coalition, qui rassemble les personnes trans* et leurs alliĂ©-e-s des pays de l’ex Union soviĂ©tique. 

En dĂ©cembre 2015, Tangarr a entamĂ© son travail activiste et participĂ© Ă  un dialogue entre reprĂ©sentant-e-s de la communautĂ© trans* des pays de l'Europe de l'Est et d'Asie centrale (EEAC, en anglais) et de l’Eurasian Coalition on Male Health ou ECOM (Coalition eurasienne sur la santĂ© des hommes), afin de parler des stratĂ©gies de prĂ©vention et des traitements du VIH et du SIDA au sein de la communautĂ© trans* en tant que groupe socialement vulnĂ©rable. Il a prĂ©sentĂ© un exposĂ© sur « les prĂ©jugĂ©s cognitifs comme causes de la forte exposition des hommes trans* Ă  l’infection du VIH, les mĂ©thodes de prĂ©vention et l’amĂ©lioration de la situation ».

Il a participĂ© Ă  la crĂ©ation d’un ouvrage d’information sur le genre, rĂ©digĂ© des articles sur le thĂšme trans*, travaillĂ© Ă  une vidĂ©o de soutien Ă  Odessa Pride et s’est exprimĂ© lors d’une Ă©mission tĂ©lĂ©visĂ©e au sujet des obstacles juridiques auxquels les personnes trans* sont confrontĂ©es lorsqu’elles tentent de changer de sexe. 

Le Centre de la lutte contre le VIH et le SIDA de Kirovohrad (au centre de l'Ukraine) a invitĂ© Tangarr Ă  donner une confĂ©rence sur les questions trans* Ă  des journalistes, des activistes Ɠuvrant en faveur des droits humains, des travailleur-euse-s de la santĂ© et Ă  la police. 

Tangarr est fermement convaincu que « l’éducation est une panacĂ©e capable d’éliminer les prĂ©jugĂ©s et les idĂ©es erronĂ©es, la discrimination et la xĂ©nophobie ». Il a pour devise : « Optez pour la vĂ©ritĂ© le plus rapidement possible ». 

« Plus nous savons de choses sur ce qui a trait Ă  l’identitĂ© de genre et l’orientation sexuelle, moins nous nourrissons de prĂ©jugĂ©s. Les idĂ©es reçues engendrent de la souffrance. En abolissant l’ignorance, on diminue la dĂ©tresse qu’elle provoque. » 

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AWID

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With over ten years of finance experience, Lucy has devoted her career to for profit and furthering nonprofit missions. She also worked and volunteered at non-for-profit organizations. From the fast-paced world of Finance, Lucy has passion for staying tuned with tech skills in the finance field. Lucy joined AWID in 2014. During her spare time she enjoys music, traveling, and variety sports.

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Elina Margarita Castillo Jiménez

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Elina is a young afro-Dominican intersectional feminist and human rights lawyer, committed to use her voice and skills to build a more just, empathic and inclusive world.  She started Law school at 16, convinced it would give her the tools to understand and promote social justice. After a J.D. in the Dominican Republic, she pursued an LL.M. in Public International Law and Human Rights in the UK as a Chevening Scholar. She was the only Latinx-Caribbean woman in her class, graduating with honours.

Elina has worked at the intersection of human rights, gender, migration and policy, from government, grassroots collectives and international organizations. She helped litigate cases on gender-based violence before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. As a member of the Youth Advisory Panel of UNFPA, she contributed to strengthening sexual and reproductive rights in the Dominican Republic. She co-led Amnesty International’s first campaign on sex workers’ rights in the Americas, developing strong partnerships with sex-worker led organizations and using Amnesty’s position to amplify women human rights defenders and sex workers’ voices.

Elina is part of Foro Feminista Magaly Pineda and the Global Shapers Community. She speaks Spanish, French and English. Thanks to her diverse background, Elina brings strong governance and strategic planning skills, substantive expertise on the United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms and her bold determination to keep AWID as an inclusive organization for all women, especially young and Caribbean feminists. With these offerings, joins a global sisterhood of feminist badasses, where she can keep nurturing her feminist leadership and never again feel alone in her path. 

Position
Co-Treasurer
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Deya Bhattacharya

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Deya is a queer nonbinary trans feminist movement organizer, human rights practitioner, and researcher, whose work is grounded in queer-feminist and participatory methods. They have worked within the feminist funding ecosystem for over seven years, and have been within feminist movement spaces for far longer - for over a decade now, and their work is situated at the intersection of money and movements. Before joining AWID, Deya was an independent consultant with Mama Cash, Kaleidoscope Trust, Comic Relief, Global Fund for Children and others, co-creating movements-centered processes, spaces and mechanisms for resourcing, programmes and research. Deya holds an LLM in International Justice and Human Rights from Central European University.

At AWID, Deya leads RFM’s Movement Support and Engagement Strategy, and supports the centering of key feminist movements in defining and driving feminist resourcing agendas. Outside of work, Deya is a masters swimmer, a lover of contemporary literary fiction, and a dog parent.

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Movement Engagement Lead - Resourcing Feminist Movements Initiative
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Is AWID a feminist organization?

2003: First High-level Dialogue is held

First High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, 29-30 October 2003

One of the follow up mechanisms to the Monterrey conference are the UN General Assembly High-level Dialogues on Financing for Development held every two years. In total eight roundtable meetings took place following the Dialogue on various issues including agricultural subsidies, trade, debt relief and funding of the MDGs. All the discussions focused on dealing with the structural hindrances on these issues that disadvantaged ‘developing’ nations.

Other follow up mechanisms to Monterrey included:

  • The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) special high-level meeting, held annually, with the leadership of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD on the follow-up to the Monterrey Consensus. ECOSOC also devotes up to two days to deliberate the FfD agenda item during its substantive session.
  • Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters, the specialized United Nations tax body, addresses the various tax policy issues identified in the Monterrey Consensus and provides a framework for dialogue with a view to enhancing and promoting international tax cooperation among national tax authorities. 

What is at stake for women’s rights?

Development financing has specific threats and opportunities for women's and all people’s human rights. Transformative development financing and policies can make an important contribution to the systemic changes that are needed to ensure the respect, protection and fulfillment of women’s human rights.

2015 is an important year for the FfD process. The Third International Conference on FfD took place from 13-16 July 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and governments are finalising the post-2015 development agenda including agreements on how the new Sustainable Development Goals will be financed. 

The current stage of the FfD process is an important opportunity to establish a financing framework that will ensure effective financing for the implementation of the post 2015 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is also an opportunity to address the structural conditions, and systemic changes needed, for the full implementation of other agendas and commitments such as Human Rights Conventions, and the Beijing Platform for Action.

Over the last 13 years, women’s rights and feminist organizations have actively engaged in the FfD process.