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Women and ESCR Working Group activities during CSW58

In the framework of the 58 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 58) the Women and ESCR Working Group organized a series of events and meetings gathering several members of the group who where participating at this major UN event that addresses women’s issues

AWID and WHRDIC launch a publication on Women Human Rights Defenders

The Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) and the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC), which includes many additional ESCR-Net Members, released the publication “Our Right to Safety: Holistic Approach to Protection”.

The Center for Reproductive Rights issues a call for universal access to contraception and family planning

Urging full access to contraceptive and family planning services, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) praised the governments of Argentina, Denmark, Ethiopia and Morocco for their leadership on this issue within the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Working Group on Women and ESCR prepares to participate at their 7th session of OHCHR Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice, which will be held in New York City, from 1 to 5 July 2013

The OHCHR Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice was established by the Human Rights Council in September 2010, to identify good practices that have been transformative in relation to...

May 19, 2010: Questionnaire on the Main Advances and Challenges Women Face in the Exercise of their Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Please find this questionnaire on the main advances and challenges women face in the exercise of their economic, social, and cultural rights free from all forms of discrimination from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).