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Advancing the rights of women workers at CSW61

ESCR-Net’s Women and ESCR Working Group (WESCR WG) held two parallel sessions and a strategy meeting on advancing women’s rights related to work during CSW 61 (United Nations Commission on the...

Members mobilize for human rights in response to the Trump administration

The United States government threatened to systematically undermine the human rights of communities in the US, and around the world, during the first week following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. In the days immediately following Trump’s election, the...

ActionAid report on how taxes affect gender equality

ActionAid’s new briefing Making tax work for women’s...

Zi Teng issues statement on 14th International Day to end violence against sex workers

Women and ESCR Working Group member Zi Teng, a “sex workers concern group...

Just Associates launches campaign on women human rights defenders

In September, Just Associates (JASS) - together with the Global Fund for Women and MADRE - launched the campaign...

Advancing Women’s ESCR in Central and Eastern Europe

The Women and ESCR Working Group, in partnership with ESCR-Net member Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, held a workshop on advancing women’s...

Regional workshop in Lebanon to advance Women’s ESCR in the Middle East and North Africa

The Women and ESCR Working Group, in partnership with ESCR-Net member ANND (...