Resolutions on “Protection of the Family” were passed at the Human Rights Council in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
The “Protection of the Family” agenda is driven by ultra-conservative efforts to impose “traditional” and patriarchal interpretations of the family, and to move rights out of the hands of family members and into the institution of ‘the family’.
This year's theme for International Women’s Day #BalanceForBetter brings to mind slow gradual change It doesn't resonate with us! Feminist movements from the South demand instead a radical transformation of society based on equity and justice.
We are feminists because we have consciousness, because we collaborate to raise other women’s consciousness, and above all because we know that the feminist movement, with all of its ups and downs, has since long ago been fundamentally about solidarity.
In spite of significant challenges, it is important to celebrate the people and movements that are creating feminist models, movements, and realities around the world.
1936-2018 | South Africa
She lives, and lives through her children. Not only of her womb, but of her spirit. Her fruits are infinite, bearing no limits. A spirit breaking borders, boundaries, cultures and genders. Born of a forgotten woman, birthing a nation.
The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the UN’s main “political” human rights body, meaning it’s the main place where governments discuss and negotiate human rights issues, challenge one another about their national contexts and hold one another accountable for violations. The HRC meets a few times a year, and as we reflect on its recently-concluded September session, it is important to revisit some of the details of the June convening to better understand how some states seek to avoid scrutiny and undermine the entire s
AWID and partners call out the dismantling of human rights mechanisms and express solidarity with the Coalition of African Lesbians.
Black Panther, the film, presents the United Nations as a peaceful alternative to an armed revolution. But can this intergovernmental institution truly live up to such expectations?
In November of 2017, the 14th Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Encuentro in Montevideo, Argentina brought together 2,200 feminists from all over Latin America as well as several European countries, with their different feminist experiences, diverse ideological and political positions, epistemic perspectives and collective projects.
On Wednesday 15th November 2017, AWID as part of the Observatory on the Universality at Rights (OURs), hosted a webinar to discuss the state of anti-rights organizing and our collective resistance, based on the findings of Rights At Risk: The OURs Trends Report 2017.