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Mar

2017

Addressing inequalities in care work to achieve women's economic empowerment

Addressing women's heavy and disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care work, and recognizing the value of care work to the economy is crucial to the realization of women?s economic empowerment. The UN High Level Panel on Women's...

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...

Mar

2017

Redefining the Value of Women’s Work

Women’s work has always been characterized as precarious, casual, informal, low-skilled, unskilled, unpaid, unrecognized, unvalued, undervalued and invisible. In a changing world that is dominated by neoliberalism and patriarchy, this characterization continues to...

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...

Mar

2017

Pushing Boundaries: Advancing safe abortion advocacy in restrictive settings

While substantial progress was made towards MDG 5 (reducing maternal mortality and ensuring universal access to reproductive health), limited access to safe and legal abortion services continues to be one of the greatest contributors to...

Joint Submission to the OHCHR on The realization of the right to work and the enjoyment of all human rights by women, with an emphasis on the empowerment of women

This Joint Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) by Defend Job Phillippines...

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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...