O que é a CEDAW: Obrigação dos Estados
April 2024
Por meio da CEDAW, os países comprometeram-se a respeitar, proteger e cumprir os direitos humanos das mulheres. Na prática, isso significa a revogação de legislações que prejudiquem os direitos das mulheres e a adoção de novas leis para combater práticas discriminatórias. Um bom exemplo dessa prática é a implementação de leis que buscam superar os […]
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O que é a CEDAW: Não Discriminação
April 2024
Saiba como a discriminação, enraizada em preconceitos, prejudica mulheres, por exemplo, na hora de obter empréstimos e financiamentos, mesmo com uma taxa de inadimplência menor que a dos homens. Para garantir os direitos das mulheres e eliminar as desigualdades de gênero, a CEDAW (Convenção da ONU sobre a Eliminação de Todas as Formas de Discriminação […]
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O que é a CEDAW: Igualdade substantiva
April 2024
A igualdade substantiva quebra o ciclo de desvantagens mantido por grupos no poder, reconhecendo as desigualdades existentes, mas indo além: cria condições e acessos para promover uma verdadeira mudança em nossa sociedade. Na prática, isso se traduz em ações como proibir exames de identificação de sexo fetal na Índia para combater o aborto seletivo de […]
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“Austerity Policies Overwhelmingly Undermine Women’s Rights”: Emma Bürgisser
March 2021
Emma Bürgisser of Bretton Woods Project explains macroeconomic policy and how it impacts every dimension of gender equality, by either exacerbating or alleviating pre-existing gender inequalities in society. Funded through the Bretton Woods Project’s Gender Equality and Macroeconomics project. Subtitles were kindly provided by Hadeel Omara (Arabic), Sophia Leonard (English), Fernando Gabriel Fiorillo (Portuguese), Natalie […]
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“Extractive Industries Come with a Very Extractive Mindset”: Eleanor Dictaan-Bang-oa
March 2021
Indigenous women’s struggle stands at the intersection of land rights and women’s rights. Eleanor Dictaan-Bang-oa of the Gender Desk of the Tebtebba Foundation discusses the different kinds of challenges faced by indigenous women, with examples from Nepal, India, and the Philippines. Funded through the Bretton Woods Project’s Gender Equality and Macroeconomics project. Subtitles were kindly […]
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“No One Lives a Single-Issue Life”: Chantal Umuhoza
March 2021
“Working together makes us stronger.” Chantal Umuhoza from Rwanda describes the connection between macroeconomic issues and sexual and reproductive rights, and the importance of collaborating with activists from different sectors and regions. Funded through the Bretton Woods Project’s Gender Equality and Macroeconomics project. Subtitles were kindly provided by Hadeel Omara (Arabic), Sophia Leonard (English), Fernando […]
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“There Should Be No Imperialist Policies Within Agricultural Production”: Azra Talat Sayeed
March 2021
Azra Talat Sayeed of Roots For Equity, Pakistan, describes the reality for landless agricultural women workers, and why women’s access to the control of resources is the only way to break the cycle of poverty and hunger. Funded through the Bretton Woods Project’s Gender Equality and Macroeconomics project. Subtitles were kindly provided by Hadeel Omara […]
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“If It Doesn’t Work for Women, It Absolutely Doesn’t Work at All”: Barbara Adams
February 2021
The private sector’s focus on profitability, governmental failure to properly tax the wealthy, and decisions on money allocation are all crucial factors affecting the Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, these impact gender equality and women’s rights. In this video, Barbara Adams of Global Policy Forum explains why the public sector is essential for achieving the SDGs, […]
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Breaking Silos, Building Movements: Connecting Gender Equality and Macroeconomics
November 2020
How do global economic and development structures impact the daily lives of women? Experts Barbara Adams (Global Policy Forum), Emma Bürgisser (Bretton Woods Project), Eleanor Dictaan-Bang-oa (Tebtebba), Azra Talat Sayeed (Roots for Equity) and Chantal Umuhoza (SPECTRA: Young Feminists Activism) explain macroeconomic policies and their relevance to the struggle for gender equality, particularly in the […]
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Analysing the Structural and Systemic Causes of Trafficking in the Context of Global Migration
2020
In December 2019, IWRAW Asia Pacific held a global convening in Nairobi which brought together experts from around the world to discuss trafficking in the context of global migration, to make recommendations for the forthcoming CEDAW General Recommendation on the topic, and to come up with a Feminist Anti-Trafficking Manifesto. This outcome video features Priyanthi […]
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