Women & ESCR / Activities and Actions

Submission to CEDAW, Access to Justice

The Women and ESCR Working Group of ESCR-Net collectively developed a short submission for CEDAW's Day of Discussion on Access to Justice.

Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Women’s ESCR Working Group focuses on activities in the following areas: Capacity-Building, Resource Creation, Norm Development, and Networking.

Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI) Programme - Call for Applications.

The Women and ESCR working group of ESCR-Net, in partnership with the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Network of East-West Women, is pleased to announce a Call for Applications to participate in the training programme of the Fifth Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI).

27-28 October: Consultation with UN Experts on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Women and ESCR Working Group of ESCR-Net served as the primary facilitators and experts at the Expert Consultation on Women's ESCR hosted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 27-28 October, 2011 in Geneva. This meeting was organized to bring together key actors working...

April 11, 2011: Advocacy with UN Women: Promote ESCR in Strategy and Program

ESCR-Net's Women and ESCR Group is advocating that UN Women make human rights and particularly economic, social and cultural rights a central framework for all thier areas of work. View advocacy documents in English, Spanish and French.

March 2, 2011: Panel- Women's ESCR in Kenya under the New Constitution

FIDA Kenya and ESCR-Net will be organizaing a two part discussion on strategies for advocacy and litigation on women's ESCR under Kenya's new Constitution, which enshrines economic, social and cultural rights.

December 3-5, 2010:Workshop- Claiming Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Penang Malaysia

ESCR-Net and IWRAW Asia Pacific are organizing a pilot-testing and capacity-building workshop in Penang, Malaysia, December 3-6, 2010 to advance the potential of using ICESCR/OP-ICESCR and CEDAW/OP-CEDAW to enhance implementation of women's economic, social and cultural rights domestically.

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Thematic Briefing for CEDAW Committee on Women's ESCR - 45th Session

ESCR-Net, IWRAW-Asia Pacific, and COHRE released a primer on women's ESCR during the 45^th session of the CEDAW Committee in Geneva on January 29^th. The launch was accompanied by a thematic briefing with the CEDAW Committee member on the importance of highlighting women's ESCR in concluding observations and general comments and the Committee's role in advancing understanding of the importance of ESCR in women's lives.