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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...

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...

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum celebrates International Rivers Day

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) is celebrating International Rivers...

Protecting the rights of small fishers in Pakistan

The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) launched a campaign across the Sindh province of Pakistan to promote the rights of...

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...

Amnesty International report on labor abuse in Indonesian palm plantations

Amnesty International’s new report, titled the The Great Palm Oil Scandal, Abuses Behind...

Briefing papers on land, work and health launched by Women and ESCR Working Group in Arabic

On August 31, ESCR-Net’s Working Group on Women and ESCR launched a series of briefing papers in Arabic.

The briefing papers present specific and systemic challenges to the realization of women’s ESCR in practice and explore progressive approaches to the application of a

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Determining the effectiveness of the Social Plan and Labor Reports in South Africa

ESCR-Net member, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), published a ...

Women and ESCR Working Group launches briefing papers on land, work and health

The Women and ESCR Working Group launched revised briefing papers on Land,...

Government of Trinidad and Tobago: recognise domestics as workers under the law

The ILO Convention 189 and recommendation 201 spells out all the protection that is needed to ensure a decent life for domestic workers. This International law if ratified by the Trinidad and Tobago government must ensure that domestic workers are brought up in line as all other workers. Firstly we...