Better Speak: Solidarity in action, not in words
This is a second interview with Nayani after she participated in CSW. She talks about her experience at CSW, lack of youth representation, and the film she created during CSW, Better Speak.
US may go cheek by jowl with women’s rights abusers at UN gender talks
Donald Trump’s ‘global gag rule’ could align US with Iran, Sudan, Syria and other countries targeted by US travel ban at Commission on the Status of Women.
Nations pledge to cut women's unpaid work and close the gender pay gap
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Agreement made at UN’s Commission on the Status of Women overcomes efforts by US and Russia to weaken text on violence, and sexual and reproductive rights.
Finding magic movement moments in times of crisis
Indigenous activist Judith LeBlanc calls it the Standing Rock moment and describes it as a historic, “magic movement moment in Indian country.”
CSW 61 marred by US travel bans
Since 1947 the Commission on the Status of Women is a multilateral space for government, NGOs and activists to promote gender equality and women’s rights. But the CSW61 was marred by the spectre of travel bans. The restrictions spurred doubts from a number of human rights organizations about the legitimacy of the US as a venue.
Women's Rights Caucus: Conclusion of CSW61
Feminist activists have seen their hard work pay off as the CSW61 adopted a set of Agreed Conclusions that made significant commitments to advance women’s rights and economic empowerment in the changing world of work.
HRC 34: AWID Statement on protecting cultural rights on a basis of equality
Human Rights Council, 34th Session - Statement by the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
Human rights are under attack by an ultra-conservative agenda
The advance of actors pushing fundamentalist agendas within international policy spaces is cause for concern this Human Rights Day. Feminists and other social justice activists must act now to reaffirm and safeguard our human rights.
HRC31 Report: Protection of the Family
At the 31stSession of the Council, the report that was mandated by the protection of family resolution in the 29th Session was tabled. The report was the outcome of a controversial resolution in the 29th Session of the Council which was sponsored by a cross-regional group of states including Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Mauritania, Morocco, Russian Federation, Tunisia, Uganda, Qatar, Belarus, China and Bangladesh.
'The Devil is in the Details': development, women's rights and religious fundamentalisms
Dealing with the escalation of violence against women across the world requires a wider adoption of a feminist approach to working at the nexus of development, religious fundamentalisms and women’s rights.