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Human Rights Council (HRC)

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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

Learn more about the HRC

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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A graphic with green feather patterns on a beige background, text on it in Portuguese says “Tanta Gente sem casa. tanta casa sem gente” which means "So many people without a home, so many homes without people"

« Tant de gens sans maison, tant de maisons sans personne. »

แล้วความยุติธรรมด้านสภาพอากาศละ นี่เป็นเวลาที่เหมาะสำหรับเที่ยวบินระหว่างประเทศจำนวนมากจริงหรือ?

เมื่อ AWID ถามตัวเองด้วยคำถามเดียวกัน เราเชื่อว่าไม่มีคำตอบง่ายๆสำหรับเรื่องนี้ สำหรับผู้เข้าร่วมจำนวนมาก AWID ฟอรัม อาจเป็นหนึ่งในการเดินทางระหว่างประเทศไม่กี่ทริปที่พวกเขาเคยทำในชีวิต การระบาของโรคโควิด19ได้ให้บทเรียนเราถึงความเป็นไปได้ต่างๆในการพบเจอกันรูปแบบอื่นๆที่ไม่ใช่ทางกายภาพ แต่ก็ให้บทเรียนเราถึงข้อจำกัดของพื้นที่เสมือนจริงสำหรับการสร้างการขบวนการด้วย ไม่มีรูปแบบใดที่เหมือนกับการเชื่อมต่อแบบตัวต่อตัว ขบวนการจำเป็นต้องมีการเชื่อมโยงข้ามพรมแดนเพื่อสร้างพลังร่วมในการเผชิญกับภัยคุกคามที่เรากำลังเผชิญหน้าอยู่ โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งวิกฤตสภาพภูมิอากาศ เราเชื่อว่า AWID ฟอรัม ที่กำลังจะมาถึงสามารถเป็นพื้นที่เชิงกลยุทธ์ในการก่อให้เกิดพื้นที่สำหรับการสนทนาเหล่านี้ และทำให้เราได้สำรวจทางเลือกอื่นนอกเหนือจากการเดินทางระหว่างประเทศ การประชุมแบบผสม(ออนไลน์และกายภาพ)ของฟอรัมเป็นส่วนสำคัญของการสำรวจนี้

Mars 2015: publication de la version zéro du document final

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Publication de la version zéro du document final, mars 2015

  • La version zéro du document final (en anglais – datée du 16 mars), préparée par les co-facilitateurs, a été soumise à discussion pendant la seconde session de rédaction qui s’est tenue du 13 au 17 avril 2015.
  • Pendant la session inaugurale, le WWG a insisté sur la nécessité de mentionner, dans la version zéro, les ressources qui seraient spécifiquement consacrées à l’égalité des genres et à l’autonomisation des femmes, comme cela avait été prévu dans le Consensus de Monterrey et la Déclaration de Doha.

Snippet FEA Occupation’s kitchen Instagram (EN)

Occupation’s kitchen campaign:

Photo of Cozinha Ocupação 9 de Julho team in aprons
Yellow square that says "As mulheres sustentam o cuidado" or Women sustain care in Portuguese.
Yellow square that says "O cuidado sustenta a vida" or "Care sustains life" in Portuguese.
Yellow square that says "A vida sustenta a economia" or "Life sustains the economy" in Portuguese.
Yellow square that says: "Mas quen cuida das mulheres?" or "But who is taking care of women?" in Portuguese.
A yellow square that says "Nenhuma a menos" which translates to "Not another woman less"
Yellow square that says "Juntas, Juntos, Juntes" which translates to "Together, together, together"
Yellow square announcing Sunday Lunch at the Occupation's Kitchen

Women sustain Care | Care Sustains Life | Life Sustains Economy | Who takes care of women?  | Not one less1 | Together | Sunday lunch

1Nenhuna a menos literally translates as “not one woman less” or “ni una menos” in Spanish - a famous feminist slogan in Latin America that emerged in Argentina as a response to increasing gender-based violence.

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AWID at CSW68

What is at stake for women’s rights?

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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.

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Répondre aux évolutions antidroits

in Multilateral and Regional Spaces

✉️ Sur invitation uniquement
📅Mardi 12 mars
🕒14 h - 15 h 30 HNE
Organisateur : Consortium de l'Observatoire sur l'universalité des droits (OURs)
🏢Blue Gallery, 222 E 46th St, New York

Can I submit a session proposal?

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The call for session proposal is now closed.

We launched a Call for Activities on November 19 2019 and the last date to receive proposals was February 14, 2020. 

Find other ways to engage with the Forum

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Barcelone, Espagne

Metzineres

 

Les Gens se Droguent.

ET ALORS?

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Follow us!

Through in-person events, lives on our socials, an exhibit booth and more; we are showing up to convene, amplify and support the voices and participation of our members, partners and allies.

Together we will Reclaim Feminist Power by uplifting feminist alternatives and visions around economies that center collective systems of care and nurture both the planet and people.

Follow us on social media for more details on how to participate! Be part of the conversations using the hashtags #AWIDatCSW68 and #ReclaimFeministPower.

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When can I register for the Forum?

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We will announce this soon. Stay tuned!

Snippet FEA Care as the foundation (EN)

Care as the foundation of economies

The COVID-19 pandemic put the global crisis of care into sharp focus and demonstrated the failures of the dominant economic model that is decimating essential public services, social infrastructures and systems of care around the world.

Cozinha Ocupação 9 Julho, the Association of Afro-Descendant Women of the Northern Cauca (ASOM) and Metzineres are only some examples of caring economies that center the needs of marginalized people and nature, as well as the reproductive, invisibilized, and unpaid care work required to ensure the sustainability of our lives, societies and eco-systems.