“Now Is Not the Time to Stop Running”: Switzerland’s Obligation to Support a Global Public Good Approach to COVID-19 Diagnostics, Vaccines and Therapeutics
October 2022
Shadow report submitted to the 83rd CEDAW session by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), IWRAW Asia Pacific, Third World Network (TWN) and Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine campaign. Connecting the current intellectual property approach adopted by Switzerland to severe and […]
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“The Pandemic is Most Certainly Not Over”: Belgium’s Obligation to Support a Global Public Good Approach to COVID-19 Diagnostics, Vaccines and Therapeutics
September 2022
Shadow report submitted to the 83rd CEDAW session by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), IWRAW Asia Pacific and Third World Network (TWN), on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine campaign. Connecting the current intellectual property approach adopted by Belgium and the European Union to severe and disproportionate impacts on […]
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A Human Rights-Based Approach to COVID-19
September 2022
Although the right to the highest standard of health is a universal one, the COVID-19 epidemic did not and does not reflect this. COVID-19 didn’t cause the world’s imbalances, but it didn’t help, either. Neither did the activity (or lack thereof) of individual countries. But there is a way to make States accountable. For the […]
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Switzerland as Gatekeeper: The Impact of Visa Application Processes on Global South Civil Society Representation at the United Nations
September 2022
Shadow report submitted by IWRAW Asia Pacific to the 83rd CEDAW session. Focusing on the issue of border controls and visa processes as a barrier to activists’ engagement at the UN in Geneva, the six-page report examines Switzerland’s obligations under CEDAW, case studies, financial implications for women’s human rights defenders from the Global South, and […]
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Рамки для защиты прав секс-работников и КЛДЖ
August 2022
Russian translation of framework which seeks to connect human rights principles to the debates around prostitution laws and sex work, and is intended to be a tool to inform the rights discourse on sex work in the context of CEDAW. Our thanks to SWAN for the translation. 69 pages, PDF. Access the English version.
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Engaging with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
July 2022
A webinar organised on International Drug Users Remembrance Day (21 July) 2022 by the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) to discuss how CEDAW can be utilised by drug user advocates to address human rights violations in their communities and amplify the specific impacts of drug policy on women and gender-diverse people who […]
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Women who Use Drugs in Kyrgyzstan: Experience of Writing and Working on a CEDAW Shadow Report
June 2022
This resource by Asteria, with support from the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), describes the experience of engaging with Kyrgyzstan’s CEDAW review in 2021. It provides a case study to assist other organisations who are considering engaging with CEDAW or other human rights mechanisms. Thirteen pages, PDF.
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CEDAW’a Kısa Bakış: Sonuçlarda Eşitlik İlkesi
2022
A short animation with voiceover in Turkish, explaining CEDAW’s principle of substantive equality. Adapted by UN Women Türkiye from IWRAW Asia Pacific’s original in English. Duration: 3:38 Subtitles: Turkish (autogenerated) Bahasa Indonesia | English | español | ខ្មែរ។ | русский | Tetun | ภาษาไทย
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CEDAW-SDGs Tools User Manual
March 2022
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which resolves to take action for people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership through a commitment to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite their lofty intentions, Agenda 2030 and the SDGs have been criticised for failing to center existing international commitments, […]
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Руководство По Составлению Теневых Докладов О Правах Секс-работников В Клдж
October 2021
Eleven-page PDF which aims to provide guidance to NGOs engaging with the CEDAW review process and providing alternative information to the CEDAW Committee on the theme of rights of sex workers. Russian translation provided by Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN). Also available in English.
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