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Webinar summary: Corporate power and women's economic justice
… Webinar summary: Corporate power and women's economic justice 13 March 2017 Results from a joint webinar … working on women workers and labour rights, women human right defenders, popular educators, global governance and the …
Webinar highlights: Corporate power and women's economic justice
… Webinar highlights: Corporate power and women's economic justice 22 March 2017 On Tuesday 28th February, … on labour rights and the informal economy, women human right defenders, popular educators and global governance took …
Women Making Change in the Middle East and North Africa
… Women Making Change in the Middle East and North Africa 30 … their discontent. Taking into consideration each country’s local realities and religious and political agendas, each … that controversial legislation, such as the equal right to divorce that was passed in 2000, may soon come under …
Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. Recommendations to governments
… Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. … governments respecting, protecting and fulfilling their right s to do so. It also requires governments to recognise …
We will only achieve women’s economic empowerment if corporate power is curbed
… We will only achieve women’s economic empowerment if corporate power is curbed 14 March … economies. What prevents governments from putting the right policies in place? The above-mentioned assumptions lack …
Vienna +20 - The World has Changed Considerably, as Women's Rights are Taken More Seriously as Human Rights
… Vienna +20 - The World has Changed Considerably, as Women's Rights are Taken More Seriously as Human Rights 28 June … of reproductive rights, women’s sexuality and women’s right to live free from violence etc, they have become much …
Egyptian Women Continue To Strategize, Protest And Mobilize For A Fair And Equal Egypt
… Egyptian Women Continue To Strategize, Protest And Mobilize For A Fair … 2012 FRIDAY FILE - AWID Interviews three Egyptian women’s rights activists, Yara Sallam, Shahinaz El Hennawi and … of political Islam excludes women who don’t fit the right criteria. Women’s hopes and strategies and the way …
Vienna+20 : “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” Views from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
… Vienna+20 : “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” Views from Latin America and the … or the voluntary interruption of pregnancy. In Mexico, the right to seek an abortion has been achieved only in the …
Women's Organizing: Key Demands on Development Cooperation towards Busan HLF-4 and Beyond
… Women's Organizing: Key Demands on Development Cooperation towards … wealth is democratically redistributed. Development is a right, as stated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and UN …
Beyond Investing in Women and Girls
… Beyond Investing in Women and Girls 21 February 2014 FRIDAY FILE - AWID’s three-part compendium of new research provides an in-depth … the growing interest in women and girls because it is the “right thing to do”, coupled with prevailing trends, like …
Hold Myanmar Military Accountable for Violence Against Women
… Hold Myanmar Military Accountable for Violence Against Women 22 March 2021 We make this statement on behalf of 191 … of the Commission on the Status of Women, we, Women’s Peace Network, and the undersigned organizations working … and Workers Association, Bangladesh Nationality is a Right for Me and My Family Campaign Network for Solidarity, …
Land: A Common Good for Economic Development
… the Kola village of Kisarawe district in Eastern Tanzania, Women’s Action Towards Economic Development (WATED) managed to … to help other women to inherit land as part of their right and to be able to use that land for economic …
Major gains made for women’s and girls’ rights at the Human Rights Council
… Major gains made for women’s and girls’ rights at the Human Rights Council 13 July 2018 … or New York U.N. politically negotiated document the right to sexual and reproductive health , thus upholding the …
AWID statement to the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
… to the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women 30 October 2013 The 58th session of the Commission on … an input ahead of the debates. The Association for Women’s Rights in Development urges the 58th Commission on the … rights and environmental sustainability, recognizing the right to development and diversity. Financing for development …
Feminists Demand End Of UN Women’s Partnership With Blackrock, Inc.
… Feminists Demand End Of UN Women’s Partnership With Blackrock, Inc. On 25 May 2022 UN Women … Iniciativas para la Mujer Oaxaqueña Initiative for Right View (IRV) Institut Vinetum so.p.Etri group Institute …
Relevant and Urgent: African Women Unite Against Destructive Resource Extraction
… Relevant and Urgent: African Women Unite Against Destructive Resource Extraction 14 March … first thing that disturbed us about the mine is, where it’s built, where they are extracting coal and where they have … and blocked our rivers, so now we can’t fetch water. Right now we don’t have water anywhere, we buy water.” – …
Militarism, Violence and Conflict – How Women Bear the Brunt of War
… Militarism, Violence and Conflict – How Women Bear the Brunt of War 24 February 2012 Gabby De Cicco … violence against women also increases and attacks on women’s human rights defenders are growing and are increasingly … point social objectives such as poverty reduction, right to health, right to education, right to clean …
Advancing women’s rights in a changing landscape for development co-operation
… Advancing women’s rights in a changing landscape for development co-operation … increasingly heralded as a keystone strategy for women’s economic empowerment, and indeed, for broader development and … for women and girls. Women’s rights activists have the right to be concerned about increasing instrumentalisation …
Innovative Research Study on European Foundations Funding for Women and Girls is launched
… Research Study on European Foundations Funding for Women and Girls is launched 2 June 2011 FRIDAY FILE: … for women and girls were a focal point at this year’s Annual General Assembly of the European Foundation Centre … AWID’s research on Where is the Money for Women’s Right s has long highlighted the importance of channeling …
Letter of solidarity with the struggle of women in the world
… Letter of solidarity with the struggle of women in the world 25 February 2011 9 February 2011, World … and employment in dignified conditions, where women's jobs are rendered precarious in order for capital to grow. … equal status between women and men, and where there is the right to use their mother tongue in education. We stand in …
Building Strategic Alliances For Women Workers’ Rights Post 2015: The Role Of Macroeconomic Policy
… Building Strategic Alliances For Women Workers’ Rights Post 2015: The Role Of Macroeconomic … Policy 18 April 2014 FRIDAY FILE – In this week’s Friday File Savi Bisnath, PhD Associate Director at the … gender inequality. That women’s enjoyment of the right to decent work is strongly affected by care work, and …
Indigenous Women: The importance of sharing, learning and growing as leaders
… Indigenous Women: The importance of sharing, learning and growing as … event and their insights on the status of indigenous women’s rights in the region. By Gabriela De Cicco The importance … “There is insufficient access to information about the right to sexual and reproductive health that respects our …
The Other Tahrir Square: Attacks Continue on Women Human Rights Defenders in Iraq
… The Other Tahrir Square: Attacks Continue on Women Human Rights Defenders in Iraq 26 August 2011 FRIDAY … of attacks on women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in Iraq’s Tahrir Square demonstrations has been limited, AWID asks … of peaceful assembly, association, expression and the right to life and security – but with gender-specific …
Women’s Human Rights Defenders: A clear target of violence and repression
… Women’s Human Rights Defenders: A clear target of violence and … Defenders . The declaration states that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to … deepening democracy, the fight against impunity, reducing economic inequalities, and striving for social and …
Webinar summary: Data, Resources and Women’s Rights
… Webinar summary: Data, Resources and Women’s Rights 1 June 2016 On Thursday, 19 May 2016, the Resourcing … lead advocacy coordinator for the Resourcing Women’s Right’s team, explained the development and importance of the …