Announcements
Outcome Statement - 4th Fiji Consultation on Women’s Participation and equal representation in Parliament
The co-convenors of the Fiji Women's Forum are the National Council of Women Fiji, Soqosoqo Vakamarama I Taukei, FemLINKPacific and the Fiji Women's Rights Movement.
Read more...Papua New Guinea: Police must act urgently to save captured women accused of “sorcery"
Police in Papua New Guinea are not doing enough to ensure the release of a seriously injured woman currently detained by a group that accuses her of practising “sorcery”, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Read more...Sorcery Related Killings in PNG
The Pacific Women's Network Against Violence Against Women stands in solidarity with the North Bougainville Human Rights Committee (NBHRC) in condemning and demanding an end to sorcery related killings of innocent women in Papua New Guinea.
Read more...Michelle Bachelet's letter to the GEAR Campaign
A final thank you and farewell message from Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, to the members of the GEAR Campaign.
Read more...Michelle Bachelet's letter to the NGO CSW
The following letter was received by NGO CSW/NY Chair Soon-Young Yoon from the former Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet. While it was addressed to Soon Young, it was clearly meant for the entire membership of our NGO CSW/NY committee and so we wanted to share it with all of you. It represents a lovely thank you and farewell. We know you will appreciate her comments about our good work and the extraordinary partnership we had with UN Women during CSW 57.
Read more...ECWR Condemns the attack on Lawyers, Human Rights’ Defenders and Activists and Demands Accountability from officials
ECWR condemns the serious violations that occurred during the demonstrations on the evening of Friday, March 29, 2013.
Read more...Statement of the WHRD IC on arguments using religion, culture and tradition to block negotiations on women’s rights at the CSW57
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) congratulates the 57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on reaching the Agreed Conclusions. We particularly welcome the reference to women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in the language of the Agreed Conclusions.
Read more...Authorities Must Guarantee Justice, Effective Protection Measures & Appropriate Reparations for Victims of the Genocide & their Families During the Ríos Montt Trial
As more 200 Women Human Rights Defenders from Mesoamerica, we recognize and support the historic trial of Efraín Ríos Montt and José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez for their role in the Guatemalan genocide
Read more...Bali Declaration by Parliamentarians and Civil Society on the MDG Acceleration and the Post 2015 Development Agenda
65 members of parliament/ legislature and 44 civil society leaders from 25 countries from Asia and the Pacific hereby adopt this Declaration, in presence of 10 parliamentarians from Africa and the United Kingdom as solidarity delegations, 4 civil society representatives from other regions and 58 representatives of development partner organizations.
Read more...Treaty makes it Illegal to sell Weapons if there is Risk of Gender-based Violence
Today, governments adopted the text of the first ever Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations in New York. The treaty, which prohibits the sale of arms if there is a risk that the weapons could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, is the first ever treaty that recognizes the link between gender-based violence and the international arms trade.
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