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Joint civil society statement on Abortion at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council

The trend of decriminalisation, provision of access to self-managed abortions and removing unnecessary legal restrictions to abortion services should continue until all persons can secure their right to bodily autonomy without discrimination.

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Key reports & resolutions at the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council

The 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council takes place from 12th September 2022 - 7th October 2022, in Geneva.

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At the UN, states and anti-rights actors join forces to push back against gender justice

Publications

Kindle for your feminist fire! Browse AWID’s research on funding, WHRDs, movement building, fundamentalisms, economic justice, feminist monitoring & evaluation and more

Rights at Risk Resource Library

Resources to support feminist movements, policy-makers, and allies! A living collection of resources to support feminist movements, policy-makers, and allies to resist fascisms, fundamentalisms, and anti-rights trends.

Interesting References

Explore these projects put together by AWID teams to promote feminist advocacy and perspectives.

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Human Rights Council (HRC)

The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the key intergovernmental body within the United Nations system responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. AWID works with partners to share key knowledge, convene civil society dialogues and events, and influence negotiations and outcomes of the session.

Feminist Realities Magazine

At AWID, we understand feminist realities as the living, breathing examples of the worlds we know are possible.

The Feminist Film Club

AWID is an international, feminist, membership organisation committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women’s human rights

Research Reports

Time for Action: Stop the anti-rights infiltration of the UN!

We call on official mandate holders in the United Nations to take urgent action to counter ultraconservative mobilisation against human rights. We can no longer afford to wait!

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Policy Briefs

Bailout Manifesto: From a Feminist Bailout to a Global Feminist Economic Recovery

This Manifesto builds on the the global success of our #FeministBailout Action Week, 1-5 June, 2020. The document combines demands from feminist and social movements and lists 5 principles and 10 actions a feminist post-COVID recovery.

Policy Briefs

Key reports & resolutions at the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council

The 37th session of the HRC is taking place in Geneva from 23 February to 23 March 2018, where the HRC will be presented with thematic and country reports from UN experts and where Member States will debate and pass resolutions on cross-cutting human rights issues and human rights situations in particular countries.

Shared Leadership paper - cover EN (470x610)

Case Studies

Feminist dances with power: AWID’s Leadership Transition 2015–2016

At the start of 2017, Lydia Alpízar Durán stepped down as AWID’s Executive Director, after 10 years of passionate leadership,and Cindy Clark and Hakima Abbas became the organization’s first co-Executive Directors.

Research Reports

2016 AWID Forum - Evaluation Report

The AWID International Forum brings together feminist and women’s rights leaders and activists from diverse movements, development practitioners, and donors from around the world. This global convening consistently proves to be a critical space to collectively energize and shape the analyses, agendas and alliances that drive strategies to make gender justice and human rights lived realities.

AWID is a global, feminist, membership, movement-support organization working to achieve gender justice and women’s human rights worldwide.

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Joint civil society statement on Abortion at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council

Key reports & resolutions at the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council

At the UN, states and anti-rights actors join forces to push back against gender justice

Publications

Rights at Risk Resource Library

Interesting References

Crear | Résister | Transform: a festival for feminist movements!

40 Years of AWID: The Scrapbook

Transnational Embodiments

Crear | Résister | Transform

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Human Rights Council (HRC)

Feminist Realities Magazine

The Feminist Film Club

Time for Action: Stop the anti-rights infiltration of the UN!

Priority Areas

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Publications

Bailout Manifesto: From a Feminist Bailout to a Global Feminist Economic Recovery

Key reports & resolutions at the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council

Feminist dances with power: AWID’s Leadership Transition 2015–2016

2016 AWID Forum - Evaluation Report