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The Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders releases report on violence against women human rights defenders

On 7 October 2015, the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras) held a launch, in Barcelona, for its recently-published 2012-2014 Regional Assessment Report on violence against women human rights defenders in...

Global leaders adopt 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, yet structural obstacles to women's rights remain

The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015, held in New York from 25-27 September, marked the official adoption of the post-2015 development agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as outlined in...

Post-2015 Women's Coalition's press releases on the role of women's rights in the SDGs

The Post 2015 Women’s Coalition released four press releases related to the new SDGs and women's rights.

Press Release: "The Promise to '

The Indigenous Women’s Alliance for CEDAW call on the CEDAW Committee to adopt a new General Recommendation on Indigenous Women

The Indigenous Women’s Alliance for CEDAW launched a campaign supported by the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute, to call on the CEDAW Committee to adopt a new General Recommendation on Indigenous Women....

Women’s assembly to build women’s power in South Africa

Women’s League of Abahlali baseMjondolo, part of ESCR-Net's member Abahlali baseMjondolo, delivered the following statement on the occasion of Women's Day.

The Abahlali Women's...

Women’s Groups Alarmed by Financing for Development Plans Call on Governments to Adopt Strong Political Declaration Rooted in Human Rights

The Women’s Major Group, representing more than 600 women’s groups from over 100 countries, is deeply disappointed with the outcome of the Third International Conference on...

The Use of CEDAW to Advance Women’s Economic and Socio-Cultural Rights by Claire Rita A. Padilla

Claire Rita A. Padilla, founder and executive director of EnGendeRights and member of the Women and ESCR Working Group of ESCR-Net, published...

National Union of Domestic Workers of Trinidad and Tobago fighting for the rights of domestic workers

The National Union of Domestic Employees (NUDE) of Trinidad and Tobago is campaigning to secure recognition for domestic workers as workers under the Industrial Relations Act, organizing around a Caribbean-wide...

FfD3: What’s at Stake for Women’s Rights

AWID's thoughts regarding the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3).

The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) ...

The Philippine Government found acccountable for systematic violations of Women’s Rights under CEDAW

The Philippines found responsable for serious violations of women's rights, according to UN CEDAW and human rights groups

DEMUS launches a campaign against sexual aggression in families

The campaign "A Father does not rape" try to make visible the figures of sexual violence in the family, calling against impunity and for new masculinities

New resources on women and ESCR in the context of Post-2015 discussions

During the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, APWLD, AWID, CRR, CWGL, CLADEM, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center, LRC, and other Members disseminated factsheets and papers addressing realization of women’s ESC rights and substantive equality in the Post-2015 context.