Collective Work

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...

Women and ESCR Working Group members participate in 13th AWID International Forum

Several Women and ESCR Working Group (WESCR WG) members participated in and led sessions at the 2016 13th AWID International Forum, “Feminist Futures: Building Collective Power for Rights and Justice,” from September 8-11 2016 in Bahia, Brazil. These included:...

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 (...

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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Endorois women and men join forces in their struggle for the right to land in Kenya

On August 10-12, 2016, the Endorois Welfare Council (EWC), with the support of ESCR-Net, organized its first women’s workshop, bringing to Nakuru (Kenya) 25 women from the 16 locations where the Endorois live today.

Unprecedented ruling by...

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,...

Geneva: Consultation with CESCR and CEDAW Committees members on current challenges and opportunities related to women and ESCR

The Women and ESCR Working Group (WESCR WG) of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) engaged in a consultation with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms...

International meeting in Uruguay to advance Women's ESCR related to land and resources

From 26 to 28 August, 2015, the Women and ESCR Working Group held an international strategy meeting to promote women's ESCR in Montevideo, Uruguay. The meeting – “Advancing Women’s ESCR: Alternative Visions of Development, Land and Property Rights”...

Using CEDAW and its Optional Protocol to advance women’s land and property rights

Women’s rights to land, housing and property remain key areas where women face systematic discrimination and marginalization. According to...

Workshop in Africa to Advance Women’s ESCR

The ESCR-Net's Women and ESCR Working Group brought together 35 African women’s rights advocates in Nairobi, Kenya, 16-18 June 2015, for the ‘International Mechanisms to Claim Women’s ESC Rights in Africa: Regional...

ESCR-Net launches the French version of the guide "Claiming Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights"

The lives of women are affected by a variety of issues, such as the frequent lack of basic services; formal and substantive inequality; the lack of responsibility of States, companies and other global actors; discriminatory cultural stereotypes; beliefs and the...