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A general view of participants at the 16th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

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. 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

Learn more about the HRC


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

◾️ Raise awareness of the findings of the 2017 and 2021 OURs Trends Reports.

◾️Support the work of feminist UN experts in the face of backlash and pressure

◾️Advocate for state accountability
 
◾️ Work with feminist movements and civil society organizations to advance rights related to gender and sexuality.
 

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Acerca de la investigación ¿Dónde está el dinero?

La encuesta mundial ¿Dónde está el dinero? es un pilar fundamental de la tercera edición de nuestra investigación orientada a la acción: ¿Dónde está el dinero para las organizaciones feministas? (abreviadamente, ¿Dónde está el dinero? y WITM). Los resultados de la encuesta se desarrollarán y analizarán en mayor profundidad mediante conversaciones exhaustivas con activistas y donantes, y se contrastarán con otros análisis e investigaciones disponibles acerca del estado del financiamiento para las organizaciones feministas y por la igualdad de género en todo el mundo.

El informe completo ¿Dónde está el dinero para las organizaciones feministas? se publicará en 2026.

Para conocer más información acerca de cómo AWID ha arrojado luz sobre el dinero destinado en favor y en contra de los movimientos feministas, consulta nuestra historia ¿Dónde está el dinero? y nuestros informes anteriores aquí.

I am not able to submit a written proposal, are you accepting any other formats?

As part of our commitment to accessibility in all aspects of the AWID Forum we are accepting audio/video formats for those individuals/organizations/groups who can't submit a written application. 

If you choose to send your proposal in an audio/video format, kindly follow the same order to answer the questions as detailed in the Activity Proposal Form.

To submit an audio/video file please Contact us, selecting Forum Call for Activities as the subject of your email.

Contact us

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Desde su fundación,

Metzineres ha acompañado a más de

383

personas.

What is the purpose of the WITM survey?

The key objective of the WITM survey is to shine light on the financial status of diverse feminist, women’s rights, gender justice, LBTQI+ and allied movements globally. Based on this, we hope to further strengthen the case for moving more and better money, as well as shift power, to feminist movements.

What is included in registration fees?

The AWID Forum registration fees for all forum participants cover:

  • Full access to all four days of the Forum
  • Lunches and coffee/tea breaks during forum days
  • Resource materials
  • Simultaneous interpretation during plenaries and some selected breakout sessions/activities (English, French, Spanish, and local language)
  • Participation in the celebration dinner/party
  • Mobile app with final program and chat function
  • Free Wi-Fi service in the forum premises
  • Airport pick ups and hotel-venue-hotel transportation

 

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Metzineres proporciona los siguientes tipos de apoyo, conocidos como

Entornos de Cobijo:

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La Cubierta
Cuidados y sanación

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La Poderosa
Autoprotección y fortalecimiento

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La Hiedra
Comunidad y vecindario

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El Aullido
Participación y activismo

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La Osada
Producción y emprendimiento

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Artisana
Arte y creatividad

¿Podría haber varias respuestas a la encuesta ¿Dónde está el dinero? en nombre de una agrupación en particular?

No. Solicitamos una sola respuesta a la encuesta por agrupación.

I can’t attend the Forum in person, how else can I participate?

More than just an event, the AWID Forum is part of our Feminist Realities Journey, with many spaces to come together, online and offline, for sharing, discussing, strategizing and co-creating feminist realities.

Learn more about the Feminist Realities Journey and everything that will happen before the Forum. Join our mailing list to stay tuned for Post-Forum announcements!

We are exploring options to participate virtually at the Forum and we will share information when we know what we can offer.

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Yellow and pink cog wheels

L’audacieux·se
Production et entrepreneuriat

Leticia Eulalia Mary Mukasa- Kikonyogo

Leticia was a Ugandan lawyer and judge.

Prior to her retirement, she held many high profile positions including member of the Court of Appeal of Uganda and Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda. She was the first Ugandan woman to hold the position of Chief Magistrate between 1973 and 1986 and the first woman to be appointed High court judge in 1986.

She was one of the first ever women papal knights in the history of the Catholic Church in Africa. She died of a heart attack.

 


 

Leticia Eulalia Mary Mukasa- Kikonyogo, Uganda

Women’s Rights & Gender Equality in focus on TheGuardian.com

The in-focus section features the pressing issues affecting women, girls and transgender people around the world, and shines a spotlight on the critical work being carried out by women's rights movements. 


AWID and Mama Cash are advisory partners who offer ideas to the Guardian editorial team and help link the Guardian team with diverse women’s rights advocates, organizations and movements around the world.

With the Guardian’s global reach of over 82 million unique browsers a month and its position of influence with policy makers, AWID and Mama Cash see this partnership as an important opportunity to:

  • bring a rights based analysis to a broad and powerful audience
  • increase the visibility of diverse women’s rights organizing and make the case for the key role they play in advancing women’s rights
  • raise the visibility of women human rights defenders at risk
  • influence key global development policy processes and debates and support more diverse voices to frame debates and set priorities about women’s, girls and transgender people’s rights and the changes that are needed at global, regional and national levels.

If you would like to share suggestions for women’s rights issues, strategies, process or events that you would like to see covered by the in-focus section, you can pitch your ideas here. All suggestions collected through this online form will be shared directly with the Guardian editorial team.The Guardian is solely responsible for all journalistic output and all editorial content is strictly independent.

If you have questions about this project, email: contact@awid.org and/or hello@mamacash.org. 

View Guardian Hub

Est-il possible de répondre en dehors de la plateforme KOBO et de vous transmettre mes réponses par courriel?

Sauf si vous avez des problèmes d’accessibilité et/ou que vous répondez aux questions de l’enquête dans une autre langue, nous vous encourageons fortement à utiliser KOBO pour une collecte et une analyse standardisées des données WITM.

Will the AWID Forum still be in Taipei in light of the COVID-19?

AWID is closely monitoring the global COVID 19 situation and for now anticipates continuing with the Forum as planned.

If at any moment the situation demands  something different, we  will let you know right away.

The 14th AWID International Forum is scheduled to take place 20-23 September 2021 in Taipei,.

More information

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The logo of We Are The Solution with green silhouettes of four rural woment

Nous Sommes la Solution est un mouvement de femmes rurales pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique de l'Ouest. Fondée à l'origine comme une campagne contre l'agriculture hyper-industrialisée, Nous Sommes la Solution est devenue un mouvement de plus de 500 associations de femmes rurales du Burkina Faso, du Sénégal, du Ghana, de la Gambie, de la Guinée Bissau, du Mali et de la Guinée.

Ensemble, ce mouvement dirigé par des femmes construit et renforce la souveraineté alimentaire et semencière en Afrique de l'Ouest. Elles nourrissent les communautés, renforcent les économies locales, amplifient les connaissances des agricultrices et atténuent les effets dévastateurs du changement climatique grâce aux pratiques de l'agroécologie. Elles organisent également des ateliers, des forums et des émissions de radio communautaires pour partager leurs messages, leurs connaissances traditionnelles et leurs pratiques agroécologiques dans les communautés rurales.

En collaboration avec des universités et des centres de recherche publics, Nous Sommes la Solution travaille à la restauration des variétés indigènes traditionnelles de riz (un aliment de base en Afrique de l'Ouest) et à la promotion d'économies alimentaires locales basées sur des principes agroécologiques pour influencer l'élaboration des politiques nationales, tout en soutenant les femmes dans la création d'associations agricoles et leur accès à la propriété et à la gestion collectives des terres agricoles.