Adolescents and young people have the right to access and receive comprehensive sexuality education

Adolescents and young people have the right to information about sexual and reproductive health, which is supported by international law standards. The right to comprehensive sexuality education derives from a range of human rights, such as the right to live free from violence and discrimination, the right to the highest attainable standard of mental and physical health, but also the right to receive and impart information and the right to quality inclusive education.

Key anti-rights trends: 47th session of the Human Rights Council

by Umyra Ahmad

The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the UN’s main “political” human rights body, meaning it’s the main place where governments discuss human rights issues,  negotiate human rights standards,  and hold one another accountable for human rights violations. The HRC meets a few times a year, and recently concluded its 47th session in July. 

OURs Side Event at HRC47 - Rights at Risk: Time for Action

On 13 July, as part of the 47th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Observatory on the Universality of Rights held a side event, ‘Rights at Risk: Time for Action,’ along with the Center for Reproductive Rights, ILGA World, International Service for Human Rights, International Planned Planned Parenthood Federation and the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, Geneva.

States must halt and counter the use of disinformation to scapegoat marginalized communities

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COVID19 measures continue to be hotspots to the spread of disinformation with disastrous consequences for women, sexual and gender minorities.

Climate Change and the Covid-19 crisis are Two Sides of the Same Coin: You Can’t Tackle One Without the Other

by Felogene Anumo

This article was originally published on the LSE WPS blog.

The pandemic isn't over until it's over for all

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Welcome to Crear | Résister | Transform: a festival for feminist movements!

Date: 1 - 30 September 2021

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Solidarity with Afghan Women

As we witness the unfolding threat to humanity in Afghanistan, we call out international complicity and express our deepest and strongest solidarity with Afghan feminists.

Today’s reality in Afghanistan is the result of an ongoing historical cycle of violence by foreign military powers, imperialist interests and corporate greed. From Russia’s bloody occupation, to Pakistan’s continuous support for the Taliban, the US invasion and the last two decades of US intervention that has killed thousands of civilians in military operations and left a stronger Taliban. 

No Borders, No Walls: Feminists for Abolition

The resources shared below are based on a virtual conversation convened by AWID titled No Borders, No Walls: Feminists for Abolition on  27 January. This was a small gathering bringing together speakers from prison abolition, Indigenous, harm reduction and broader feminist movements to build connections across movements and to discuss the cross-regional and cultural implications of these concepts. 

Key anti-rights trends: 47th session of the Human Rights Council

by Umyra Ahmad

The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the UN’s main “political” human rights body, meaning it’s the main place where governments discuss human rights issues,  negotiate human rights standards,  and hold one another accountable for human rights violations. The HRC meets a few times a year, and recently concluded its 47th session in July.