Ressources DESC
Illicit financial flows: why we should claim these resources for gender, economic and social justice
This policy brief, published by the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), concentrates on three issues. The first is the basic concept of illicit financial flows (IFFs) and their disproportional gender impact, in relation to the drain in developing countries of critical resources,...
Publié: 4 aoû 2017 - 2:33pm
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ESCR-Net Member, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI), contributed a to the Good Governance Learning Network (GGLN)’s annual report, Navigating Accountability and Collaboration in Local Governance. The chapter reflects on SERI's work to improve social and spatial justice through a combination...
Publié: 4 aoû 2017 - 12:50pm
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The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), in collaboration with UN Women, recently published a briefing paper focusing on the challenges and opportunities for using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to improve accountability for women’s human rights.
There is concern that these SDGs...
Publié: 1 aoû 2017 - 1:38pm
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The Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) collaborated with two other organizations, Fields of View and the Forum against EWS Land Grab, to conduct a study and publish an impact assessment. The purpose of this is to highlight the real extent of the losses and costs incurred by the community as a...
Publié: 1 aoû 2017 - 1:21pm
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The Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR), recently published a report on BRICS, an acronym for a political/economic coalition involving Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and the need to form a feminist alliance from these specific countries. As a...
Publié: 27 juil 2017 - 3:42pm
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PLACE created a website, The Politics of Death, investigating the causes of unjustifiable deaths of human rights’ defenders, mothers, professors, civilians, and the population as a whole, in order to highlight the need for worldwide security. The website consists of statistics, brief reports,...
Publié: 27 juil 2017 - 1:49pm
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) published a brief report defining what agricultural dumping is and the negative effects it has on the world and its economy. It presents its findings and concludes that dumping is devastating for farmers in importing countries, especially in low...
Publié: 26 juil 2017 - 12:43pm
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The Women’s United Nations Report Network (WUNRN) launched a WUNRN-Shadow Report Learning Module. The document provides guidance on how to write WUNRN shadow reports on the status of women from the viewpoint of religion and traditions. This Module also posits tools and mechanisms for preparing,...
Publié: 24 juil 2017 - 12:02pm
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) published a practical guide on using CEDAW to secure women’s land and property rights. The guide gives an overview of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and key actors, how...
Publié: 24 juil 2017 - 11:50am
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The Netherlands Helsinki Committee launched a publication, "The Human Rights Alternative Reporting Cycle". This publication outlines practical tips and tricks to strengthen the quality and impact of human rights alternative reporting to the United Nations. Steps of the Cycle such as Identification...
Publié: 24 juil 2017 - 11:40am