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
One Woman – A Song for UN Women, For All Women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnq2QeCvwpw&authuser=1 . Learn More
EU – Gender Balance: Five Areas for Improvement
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Global Women’s Call for Climate Justice
WE ARE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES, IN ALL OUR DIVERSITY, FROM EVERY REGION OF THE WORLD We are gravely concerned about the lack of just and sufficient action on climate change by the world’s leaders; . Learn More
Gender Disparity at the UN – Report +
By Thalif Deen - En español UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8 2017 (IPS) - The United Nations has frequently been accused of vociferously preaching gender empowerment and women’s rights to the outside world — but failing miserably to practice what it preaches in its own political backyard. The charge is usually made against the 193-member General . Learn More
Somalia – Fears of Full Famine – Desperate Needs – Severe Humanitarian Crisis
A malnourished and dehydrated child lies on a bed in Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu. . Learn More
Shelter Me Project – Fairer Recruitment, Conditions of Migrant Domestic Workers
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Asian (and increasingly African) women migrate to become a domestic worker in Gulf countries to make a living for their families. About one in three female wage workers in the Middle East (31.8 %) is a domestic worker. . Learn More