Sex Workers Transforming Economic Power To Advance Women’s Rights And Justice
This report shares highlights from the four recipients of AWID’s “Innovation Seed Initiatives” whose projects focused on advancing the rights of sex workers.
'Protection of the Family': A Human Rights Response
Recent moves at the UN for ‘protection of the family’ conflict with established principles of international human rights law, including universality and indivisibility.
Religion, Culture and Tradition: No Excuse for Violence
This publication highlights agreements that affirm the universal and interconnected nature of human rights. It can be used by human rights advocates to challenge state and non-state actors attempting to block the development, progress and protection of laws at all levels.
AWID Think Piece on Fiscal Policy, Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
This brief builds on AWID’s analysis on the impacts of the financial crisis on women and some of the lessons learned by key feminist economists and women’s rights activists on how fiscal policies impact human rights and women’s rights in particular.
AWID reflections on the United Nations Secretary General Report “A Life of Dignity for All”
AWID presents this analysis of the Secretary General's report as a contribution to the UN debates from a feminist and human rights perspective, and also as a follow-up to our critical analysis of the Post-2015 High Level Panel report.
Women Moving Mountains: The Collective Impact of the Dutch MDG3 Fund
This second report in a research series on resources for women's rights organizing analyzes the aggregate impact of women’s organizations around the world that received grants from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ MDG3 Fund.
Where is the Money for Women's Rights - Factsheets
These factsheets were produced to help in understanding the dynamics around funding for womens rights activities.
Assessing donors' role in promoting women's rights and supporting women's rights organizations
This report is the result of an action research initiative that explored questions about the role of donors and drew insights into possible strategies for changing the existing funding landscape so that more resources are made available to women’s rights organizations.
Understanding Religious Fundamentalisms for Activists
This manual is for rights activists facing religious fundamentalist opposition to their work. It brings together innovative research, analysis, and the experiences of hundreds of women’s rights activists in diverse regions of the world.
A Rights-Based Approach to Development
This primer describes the rights-based approach to development, presents its benefits to the development community, and suggests some ways that it can be used.