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. It holds three regular sessions a year: in March, June and September. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is the secretariat for the HRC.
The HRC works by:
Debating and passing resolutions on global human rights issues and human rights situations in particular countries
Examining complaints from victims of human rights violations or activist organizations on behalf of victims of human rights violations
Appointing independent experts (known as “Special Procedures”) to review human rights violations in specific countries and examine and further global human rights issues
Engaging in discussions with experts and governments on human rights issues
Assessing the human rights records of all UN Member States every four and a half years through the Universal Periodic Review
AWID works with feminist, progressive and human rights partners to share key knowledge, convene civil society dialogues and events, and influence negotiations and outcomes of the session.
With our partners, our work will:
◾️ Monitor, track and analyze anti-rights actors, discourses and strategies and their impact on resolutions
Will there be pre-Forum regional, thematic or other convenings?
We believe so! It is still very early in the planning process, so please stay tuned as plans are forming.
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¿Cómo se autofinancian las organizaciones feministas?
Las organizaciones feministas y por los derechos de las mujeres no solo dependemos del financiamiento institucional, también nos autofinanciamos. Son la pasión, el compromiso político, la solidaridad y el cuidado colectivo lo que empuja a nuestras organizaciones.
Estos recursos se autogeneran y son autónomos y, aunque a menudo no se reflejan en nuestros presupuestos, son la columna vertebral de las organizaciones.
Nos droits en danger – Rapport sur les tendances 2017 de l'OURs
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Nos droits en danger – Rapport sur les tendances 2017 de l’OURs
Le premier rapport de l’Observatoire sur l’universalité des droits (OURs) - disponible en anglais et en espagnol - compile les informations disponibles sur les tendances antidroits dans les sphères internationales. Découvrez les principaux groupes religieux, les discours et les tactiques antidroits à l’œuvre au sein de l’ONU.
Three Boats, a Horse and a Taxi: Pacific Feminists at the AWID Forums
Three Boats, a Horse and a Taxi: Pacific Feminists at the AWID Forums
This story is about how an increasingly diverse group of feminists from the Pacific organized through the years to attend the AWID Forums and how that process changed them personally, as organizations, and as a movement through what they learned, discovered and experienced. It illustrates the importance of the Forums as a space through which a region that tends to be marginalized or ignored at the global level can build a strong presence in the feminist movement that is then replicated at other international women’s rights spaces.
Salir del clóset en el momento culminante de mi vida: El Foro de Feminismos Negros
Muchxs participantes experimentan los Foros de AWID como un singular espacio de libertad, donde son acogidxs y celebradxs tal como son. En un mundo donde incluso lxs feministas más privilegiadxs a menudo encuentran que no encajan del todo, para aquellas personas cuyas identidades son criminalizadas o de alguna manera condenadas en sus contextos cotidianos esta experiencia de libertad y celebración puede ser profundamente transformadora (y reparadora). La historia de cómo OluTimehin Kukoyi (que participaba por primera vez) vivió el Foro de Feminismos Negros y el Foro de AWID de Bahía (2016) ilustra esto con mucha potencia.
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Hybrid like never before
For the first time, the AWID Forum offers three modes of participation
In-person
Participants will come together in Bangkok, Thailand. We can’t wait!
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Événements et actions à la COP30
Du 8 au 16 novembre 2025
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Crear | Résister | Transform: A Walkthrough of the Festival!
As heteropatriarchal capitalism continues to force us into consumerism and compliance, we are finding that our struggles are being siloed and separated by physical as well as virtual borders.
Thank you for taking a step further to change the world!
Your generous contribution will help us support feminist movements across the globe working to achieve gender justice and women’s human rights worldwide.
You can also support our work as an AWID Member. Find out how here.
The Deadline to submit activities has been extended to February 1st, 2024
In the spirit of the Forum’s theme, we invite a diversity of activity topics and formats that:
Facilitate genuine connection and interaction among participants
Foster healing and regeneration in various forms, as individuals, as communities and as movements
Inspire and challenge us to thrive together as communities and movements
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Boîte à outils pour les organisations à la COP30
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and my number 1... Because you know it’s gotten real when higher powers are invoked.
Calendario Feminista AWID 2026
Considera este calendario como un obsequio, que te llega a ti y a 9500 afiliades de nuestra comunidad feminista mundial. Un obsequio de esperanza, conexiones renovadas, acción y comunidad en un momento de inmensas injusticias y violencias.
Que estas historias te recuerden que a través de las fronteras y a lo largo de las luchas, somos muches, somos fuertes y, en conjunto, construimos los mundos que merecemos.
