Whose space is it? Deaf Women in Rwanda Reclaim CEDAW
June 24th, 2024
…that they are sexually active and have the same concerns about sexuality, relationships, and identity as their peers. Yet, too often stigma and misconceptions about disability, along with a lack…
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Monitoring Work and Working Conditions of Women Employed in the Ready-Made Garment Industries of Bangladesh
March 20th, 2019
This 12-page PDF from Karmojibi Nari outlines working conditions among a sample of 1000 women garment workers from 100 factories in Dhaka and Narayanganj. …
Read MoreNational- and local-level advocacy for SDGs
December 30th, 2021
…part of the advocacy work of the CSOs to pressure the state to adopt a more meaningfully participatory, inclusive, and well-resourced approach.2A well-resourced approach is important because CSOs often have…
Read MoreHow We Work
February 15th, 2018
Our way of working has always been to create a culture of compliance with CEDAW and other human rights treaties through a range of strategies. These include strengthening the capacities…
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Joint Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
December 16th, 2020
Written together with our partners at Sexual Rights Initiative and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, this submission focuses on the limitations of a carceral approach to addressing sexual…
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Foro de las Mujeres del Sur Global sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2020: Desmontar la Macroeconomía
November 3rd, 2020
…recursos que surgieron de estos eventos. También nos gustaría agradecer de manera calurosa a la Red Mundial de Proyectos para el Trabajo Sexual (Global Network of Sex Work Projects; NSWP)…
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Romani women’s struggle for human rights
April 6th, 2018
…help my Romani clients, among whom are many young Romani women. I work to secure justice for them in cases of institutional discrimination by using the international human rights framework…
Read MoreIWRAW Asia Pacific welcomes new executive director
June 26th, 2024
…to enrich our work. We are confident that with her leadership, IWRAW Asia Pacific’s work on the frontlines of advocacy for women’s human rights and gender equality will continue and…
Read MoreIndicator framework
December 30th, 2021
…example, there is a lack of data relating to aspects of life that women put more work into (such as care work, house work, social relationships etc.) and disaggregation (i.e….
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