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Egypt: sign the Maputo Protocol and protect the life and health of women

To commemorate the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, ESCR-Net member the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and the global alliance...

Contributing to a growing women’s rights movement in the Asia Pacific region

Via participation of several member representatives and several workshops, ESCR-Net participated in the Asia-Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) which took place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, between 6-9 September 2017.

Organized by the...

Video Volunteers advocates to reduce the price of menstrual products for rural women in India

Video Volunteers (VV) runs India's only reporting network that is focused exclusively on providing broad coverage from the poorest, most media-dark districts in India. Their...

AWID publishes brief advocating for stricter financial regulation

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), published a policy brief, Illicit Financial Flows: Why we should claim these resources for...

FUNDEPS advocates for female quotas in Argentina

The Fundación para el Desarollo de Políticas Sustentables (FUNDEPS) proposes quotas as a way to ensure that males to not have a majority in...

AIPP submits joint report to UN Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) collaborated with Indigenous Women’s Network of Thailand (IWNT) to submit a joint shadow report on behalf of indigenous women in...

Asian regional dialogue on women’s rights and natural resources

ESCR-Net member IWRAW-AP together with Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre and Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC), co-organized a “...

New animation on the state of AWID's feminist movements

The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) has developed an animated video based...

Advocates gather to discuss women’s land and property rights in Africa

On 17 March, 2017 Women and ESCR Working Group (WESCR WG) member Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR)...

ESCR-Net Members mobilize for International Women’s Day

On the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8), ESCR-Net members and allies, including members of the Women and ESCR Working Group, took action to promote and defend women's rights, including engaging in the International Women’s Strike to challenge intersecting forms of exploitation and...