Announcements
WHRDs are given official recognition at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) congratulates the 57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on reaching consensus and adopting the Agreed Conclusions.
Read more...Guatemala: Genocide Trial Begins: Be Part of this Historic Process
Today (March 19, 2013), the Genocide trial begins in Guatemala. Efraín Ríos Montt, along with his head of military intelligence, José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, are accused of ordering operations in the Ixil triangle which included the slaughter of 1,771 Guatemalans displacing 29,000 and 1,485 acts of sexual violence.
Read more...OWFI statement for IWD 2013
After 10 years of destruction and corruption in Iraq. Our only hope is in a cultural and political revolution
Read more...MARCH FOR A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS! PARTICIPATING CO-SPONSORS AND ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES
March 8th International Women's Day many organizations will be joining the global march For a Life Free of Violence Against Women and Girls! More than 100 organizations from around the world are co-sponsoring and participating in the march! Each participating organization found their own way to address the theme of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) taking place at the United Nations, in New York. The CSW will focus on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.
Read more...JOIN US! International Women’s Day March and Rally: For a Life Free from Violence against Women and Girls!
On March 8, 2013, from 10 a.m. to noon, The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), United Methodist Women and the Women and Global Migration Working Group and partners will assemble at First Ave. and 42nd St. for a march and rally for a life free from violence for women and girls. Join us!
Read more...CSW 57: Get Informed, Get Involved!
AWID will soon be launching a special focus section on the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 57) that will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013.
Read more...Feminist Economics Toolbox
AWID is excited to share with you a new section of our Transforming Economic Power website.
Read more...Outcome Document of the CSOs Monrovia Consultation for the Post 2015 Development Agenda
"On the occasion of the High-Level Panel’s meeting in Monrovia, Liberia during January 30-February 1, 2013, we the members of global, regional and national civil society welcome the commitment of the HLP and of the host government to outreach and engagement with civil society organisations.
Read more...Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet expresses deep concern over escalating violence against women in Egypt
Statement by Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet
Read more...Testimony from a Survival of Gang Rape on Tahrir Square Vicinity
I will tell my story that bears a lot of resemblance to other stories, your story and mine. We both know how this happened; death was so close but never came.
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