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Informe Anual sobre Derechos Humanos de personas Trans, Lesbianas, Gays y Bisexuales en el Perú 2009
Estamos vigilando la defensa de nuestros derechos y el respeto por nuestras vidas
Read more...The Millennium Development....Guys?
RH Reality Check's Jodi Jacobson takes issue with the composition of the MDG Global Advocacy Team.
Read more...Freedom House country reports: Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
In order to provide a detailed look at the conditions faced by women in the Middle East and understand the complex environment surrounding efforts to improve their status, Freedom House conducted a comprehensive study of women’s rights in the region.
Read more...International Progress towards Marriage Equality
This report details the state of and advancement in marriage equality in different countries of the world.
Read more...Religious Fundamentalisms and Their Gendered Impacts in Asia
Amidst growing uncertainties in a globalised world, fundamentalist convictions have been gaining ground in many religions. Reinforced by the threat from international terrorism, this renaissance of religious fundamentalisms has created ideological conditions for polarisation between ‘us’ and ‘them’, from community to transnational level. At national level, it has affected both politics and society, leading to something of a ‘retraditionalisation’ of gender roles.
Read more...New Resource: Religious Fundamentalisms and Their Gendered Impacts in Asia
Amidst growing uncertainties in a globalised world, fundamentalist convictions have been gaining ground in many religions.
Read more...Struggle over "killer law" by the Women’s Movement in Nicaragua
A new "Power of Civil Society" working paper on the case of a 27-year old Nicaraguan woman who was refused cancer treatment because she was pregnant.
Read more...Report of the independent expert in the field of cultural rights, Ms. Farida Shaheed, submitted pursuant to resolution 10/23 of the Human Rights Council
In this first report to the Human Rights Council, the independent expert in the field of cultural rights develops preliminary views on the conceptual and legal framework of her mandate. Focusing on the challenges regarding the scope and content of cultural rights, she reviews the relevant existing provisions in United Nations human rights instruments, and develops her initial thoughts on the interaction among the principle of universality of
human rights, the recognition and implementation of cultural rights and the need to respect cultural diversity (chap. II).
POST CONGRESO ING
Although it is true that the 90s were a decade that brought extraordinary advancements in the observance and protection of sexual and reproductive rights in the framework of international public law1, it is also true that these advancements have not been adequate enough to eradicate the historic inequality and disparity between men and women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin America and the Caribbean constitute one of the most dangerous areas in the World for women.
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