Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council - The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. The system of Special Procedures is a central element of the United Nations human rights machinery and covers . Learn More
Serious Retreats In Indigenous Rights Protection – Says UN Rapporteur – Indigenous Women
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26, 2017 (IPS) - As the 10-year anniversary for the Declaration on Indigenous Rights approaches, UN indigenous rights activists came together to assess the many challenges that still remain on the ground. . Learn More
Dignity Journal on Sexual Exploitation & Violence – Volume 2, Issue 1
Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence is an open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing original articles on topics related to dignity, sexual exploitation, and violence. Current Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1 (2017) Editorials PDF Women, Migration, and Prostitution in Europe: Not . Learn More
EU – Making Women Safe from Fear, Safe from Violence – How the Istanbul Convention on VAW Is Helping Achieve Full Gender Equality I
Statement of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the occasion of the International Women's day, 8 March 2017 GREVIO seizes the occasion of International Women’s Day to recall the importance of the Istanbul Convention as the most comprehensive set of legally binding standards to ensure every woman’s right to a life free from . Learn More
Violence Is the Biggest Challenge Facing Women – UN Women Executive Director
Meanwhile, gender pay gap is "the biggest robber" of women: "No one fights for women to be paid equally." By Ellen Wulfhorst | @EJWulfhorst | Reuters NEW YORK, March 6, 2017 - (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Violence is the biggest challenge facing women around the world as progress in gender equality is erratic and at times a baffling . Learn More
Vulnerability & Resilience-Based Approaches in Response to the Syrian Crisis: Implications for Women, Children & Youth with Disabilities
Recognizing the increased attention to resilience in the Syria response, the WRC undertook a project to examine how vulnerability and resilience-based approaches are supporting the protection and empowerment of Syrian refugee women, children, and youth with disabilities. . Learn More
Improving Space for Civil Society – Lessons from the MDG’s
Guide to Reporting on Civic Space – Media Toolkit – Gender
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all people, everywhere in the world, have the right to speak out, to organise, and to take action. These rights – the freedoms of association, assembly and expression . Learn More
Syrian Young Women’s Empowerment Report
We Asked: What Do Syrian Young Women Want? Driven by Syrian young women themselves, this is the very first Syrian young women’s empowerment report. In the midst of unimaginable human suffering, bold young women in nearly 20 countries of refuge have spoken. . Learn More
Glossary on Gender Issues – IFAD
Direct Link to Full 44-Page 2017 IFAD Glossary: https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/d6027426-91b2-48d2-bb29-0c0ebbc05f5c . Learn More
UN Refugee Agency Review of Gender Equality in Operations
Direct Link to Full 32-Page 2016 Report Summary: http://www.unhcr.org/57f3b9a74.pdf Computer can adjust type size for easier reading. . Learn More
Global Civil Society Calls for Renewal of the UN Mandate on Human Rights Defenders – Women Rights Defenders
The issue of sexual violence against humanitarian and development workers is increasingly being highlighted in the media, attention that is long overdue. As more stories emerge, it encourages more survivors to come forward and more humanitarian and development organisations to get behind the idea that they are obligated to prevent sexualized . Learn More
Global Civil Society Calls for Renewal of the UN Mandate on Human Rights Defenders – Women Rights Defenders
Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council Re: Support Consensus Renewal of the Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders 7 March 2017 Your Excellency, The undersigned 85 civil society organisations, coming from all regions, urge your delegation to support the renewal of the . Learn More
CSW 61 NGO Advisory 3: NGO ACCESS – English, French & Spanish
GO Advisory 3: NGO ACCESS AT CSW61 Dear Organizations with Pre-Registered Representatives for CSW61, Access to conference rooms will again be limited during CSW61, due to the very high number of NGO representatives who have pre-registered, placing a high demand on the finite space in United Nations Headquarters. There will be approximately . Learn More
International Women’s Day 2017
"On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment." — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres . Learn More
