Women Gaining Ground: Written submission on the draft of CEDAW General Recommendation no. 40
May 2024
This written submission is made on behalf of Women Gaining Ground (WGG), a Global South-led consortium of three organisations (CREA, Akili Dada, and IWRAW Asia Pacific) and 16 strategic partners with deep experience in feminist leadership, movement building, advocacy, and working with structurally excluded groups. WGG is collaborating in a five-year programme (2021-2025), in five […]
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Joint submission & oral statement of the Women Gaining Ground consortium to CEDAW’s general discussion on equal and inclusive representation of women in decision making
February 2023
This joint submission and oral statement was made by International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific on behalf of Women Gaining Ground, a Global South consortium led by CREA, Akili Dada, IWRAW Asia Pacific and 16 strategic partners in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, including women with disabilities-led organisations. The joint submission and oral […]
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Intentional Intersectionality in the Fight against Climate Change
April 2021
Organised by IWRAW Asia Pacific, this session at the Global Just Recovery Gathering invited participants to analyse and document the impacts of climate change on their multiple lived realities and work collectively to find ways these can be mitigated through an intentionally intersectional approach. The session is also intended to contribute to filling the knowledge […]
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Arab Feminist Civil Society Perspective Regarding States’ Policies on Economic Justice and Rights
December 2020
This session at Global South Women’s Forum 2020 presents two policy papers by the Arab Feminist CSOs Network on the elimination of gender-based violence and economic justice and rights. The papers were developed within the process of preparing for Beijing +25, the Generation Equality Forum 2021 to amplify the voices of civil society and feminist […]
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The United Nations Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: A Guide for Organisations of People with Disabilities
September 2020
This 22-page guide from the European Disability Forum, available both as a PDF and as a Word document, explains CEDAW and provides a step-by-step overview of the CEDAW review and complaints processes.
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Civil Society Statement at the 76th CEDAW Session on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Women and Girls
June 2020
This statement was delivered by IWRAW Asia Pacific programme officer Marisa Hutchinson and programme manager Shanti Uprety at the 76th CEDAW session on 29 June 2020, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement was compiled from information shared by 28 NGOs from 22 countries around the world. Seven pages, PDF; also available as […]
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Claiming Economic Rights for Women with Disabilities in Nepal
2019
Laxmi Nepal of Blind Women Association Nepal describes the work carried out by her organisation to empower women with disabilities, and blind and visually impaired women in particular, through legal literacy and advocacy to dismantle structural barriers. Duration: 7:17 Subtitles: English
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Recommended Guidelines for Writing CEDAW Shadow Reports with a Focus on the Rights of Women with Disabilities
2011
Shadow report guidelines by Rangita de Silva de Alwis. Questions relating to the rights of women with disabilities are compiled under the relevant articles of CEDAW. Cover image from Disabled and Here. Click here for a version in Microsoft Word format, or click the button below for a version in PDF:
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