CRPD Committee Elections 2018 – UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities May 10, 2018 - The CRPD Committee is a group of human rights and disability rights experts that monitors State implementation of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), an international human rights treaty that . Learn More
Serbia – Victims of Human Trafficking Experience Violence, Abuse, but Fighting for Damages Is a Huge Challenge
Serbia victims of human trafficking are forced to pass two sets of court proceedings to claim their rights. This can take years and causes additional trauma, while the outcome is uncertain, so most victims decide not to claim damages Ilustracija: Đorđe Matić By: Milica Stojanović – 27 July 2018 A girl answered the phone from the . Learn More
UKRAINE – WIVES & MOTHERS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING SOLDIERS IN THE DONBASS AREA
Wives and mothers are fighting for the return of soldiers who went missing in the conflict between the Ukrainian military and separatists in the Donbass. February 16, 2018 - The clouds rippled low across the winter sky as Lubov Konopatska led a procession of mourners to the coffin of her son Serhiy. An old lady with a shaky gait, she wore a . Learn More
The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty – Resource Guide for WILPF – Gender & Disarmament
Full Text: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/publications-and-research/research-projects/10637-gender-and-disarmament Gender & Disarmament The negative impacts on our society of patriarchy and male privilege are perhaps nowhere more pervasive and pernicious than in the field of weapons, war, and militarism. By consequence, much of . Learn More
Australia – Guide to Prevention Monitoring on Violence Against Women & Their Children
Direct Link to Full 142-Page 2017 Publication: https://www.ourwatch.org.au/getattachment/2093134d-5470-43eb-a04f-2c4f8809efe4/OurWatch_TheGuide_Online.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf Download the Guide View and download Counting on change here. View and download a six page summary version here. This Guide was developed to complement Change the story: A . Learn More
UK – Women in the Criminal Justice System – Detailed Report & Analysis 10 Years Later
The year 2017 marks a decade since the publication of the Corston report – A review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System. How far have we come on the road to reform for women affected by the criminal justice system? The 43 recommendations in the Corston report provided a roadmap for women-specific criminal . Learn More
After Fleeing Boko Haram, Lacking Reintegration, Some Girls Sell Sex to Survive
May 18, 2018 - MAROUA: Djamila lowers her eyes and nervously fiddles with the veil covering part of her face. She has bathed, put on her nicest clothes and is heading out to a busy crossroads called the “Old Manor” in Maroua, capital of Cameroon’s far north. This is where the 16-year-old meets her friends most nights not for fun but to walk the . Learn More
Global Report on Food Crises 2018 – Gender
FSIN – Food Security Information Network http://www.fsincop.net/resource-centre/detail/en/c/1110426/ Direct Link to Full 202-Page 2018 Report: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/fsin/docs/global_report/2018/GRFC_2018_Full_report_EN.pdf Global Report on Food Crises 2018 The 2018 Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest . Learn More
Revitalizing Justice – A Cross-Cultural Conversation with Two Young Women Activists
By Virginie Ladisch, ICTJ's Senior Expert on Youth & Children May 4, 2018 - The week before ICTJ launched its Briefing Paper on Engaging Youth in Transitional Justice, I traveled to Tunisia, where protest movements sparked a hunger for transformative justice during the Arab Spring in response to Ben Ali’s regime, but where inequality, . Learn More
Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights for All – Accelerate Progress – Research
Direct Link to Full 51-Page 2018 Research Report: https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(18)30293-9.pdf?code=lancet-site Report is FREE but requires registration. . Learn More
Mexico – A Healing Space for Women Human Rights Defenders – Self-Care & Collective Care
In Mexico, 91% of women human rights defenders endure stress on an everyday basis. By: Ana María Hernández Cárdenas & Nallely Guadalupe Tello Méndez - English | Español May 10, 2018 - After several years of reflecting on self-care and collective care, in August 2016 the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Defenders (IM-Defensoras) . Learn More
Maternity Protection at Work
Maternity Protection is a fundamental right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is defined in ILO international labour standards. VIDEO: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_628531/lang--en/index.htm Website offers translation in Spanish and . Learn More
Survey of European Economists Finds Sizable Gender Gaps in Opinions
Male and female economists in Europe hold different views on core precepts and methods as well as policy, according to a study based on a survey of economists in EU countries. Two US academics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an ILO expert authored the report. © Nguyen Hung Vu 05 February 2018 - GENEVA (ILO News) – A new study . Learn More
Power, Politics, Politicians & Human Rights – Analysis
By Claudio Schuftan, MD* The more unequal the power imbalance the greater the oppression and the greater the abuses of human rights. Politics is what we do (or don’t), politics is what we create, politics is what we work for, what we hope for and what we dare to imagine. (Paul Wellstone). Power displays with certain attributes (wealth, force, . Learn More
Lebanon – Law Against Refugee Camps – Syria Refugees Challenged by “Illegal” Living Without Basic Services – Gender
May 11, 2018 – Full article via above link also focuses on urban refugee education. - Today the world is witnessing distressing levels of displacement. More than 65 million people around the globe have been forced from their homes. Among them are more than 21 million refugees who crossed national borders in search of safety. Of them, 60 percent . Learn More
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