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Recalling Yemen’s women: a briefing to the UN Security Council

ESCR-Net individual member from Yemen, Rasha Jarhum, briefed the UN Security Council on Friday November 16^th on the impact of the conflict in Yemen on women. In the briefing, Jarhum spoke on behalf of the Peace Track...

Defending the independence of African human rights body

ESCR-Net members, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), Initiative for Social and Economic...

“Writeshop” Articulates Key Issues in Women’s Economic Rights

On 7-9 December 2017, the International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP) organized a “...

Tunisia: Women working in agriculture lack secure transportation to work

Women working in agriculture in Tunisia continue to face serious risks as a result of unsafe transportation to their places of work, sometimes leading to deadly accidents. On Monday, 36 women working in the agricultural sector were injured in an accident during travel to their...

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...

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...

CRR publishes new report highlighting the importance for adolescents to exercise their reproductive rights

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) recently published a report, ...

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...

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)...