Advocacy on Personal Status Law in Egypt
2018
Nada Hassan Nashat Abdelkawy Moussa of Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA) in Egypt shares their ongoing advocacy regarding personal status law in Egypt and how they maintain a balance between gains already made for women’s human rights and what remains to be done. Duration: 3:13 Subtitles: English
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Not Without Us: Calling for Sustainable Development Centered on Human Rights
2018
Activists from Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Turkey and Tunisia convened for four days of collective learning on harmonising the sustainable development framework with the human rights framework with a specific focus on the context of the Middle East and North Africa region. The consultation aimed to enhance the capacity […]
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Priyanthi Fernando of IWRAW AP at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting
October 2018
What are the biggest barriers to women’s progression, and what role can the public and private sectors play? Priyanthi Fernando, executive director of IWRAW Asia Pacific, speaks at the IMF gender seminar ‘Empowering Women in the Workplace’. In these clips, she shares her views on the event hashtag #Women4Growth; highlights barriers to empowerment, particularly for […]
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Statement by Sachini Perera of IWRAW AP/RESURJ at HLPF 2018 side event
July 2018
What are the key lessons learned about stakeholder engagement in all the processes linked to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development? Has the HLPF been successful in implementing its mandate? Sachini Perera speaks on behalf of IWRAW Asia Pacific and RESURJ at the HLPF 2018 side event panel discussion, “Review of GA Resolution […]
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CEDAW Quick & Concise: Principle of State Obligation (အရှေ့ပိုးကရင်)
2017
Short animation explaining CEDAW’s principle of state obligation, with voiceover in Eastern Pwo. Duration: 6:51 Subtitles: None Bahasa Indonesia | English | español | ខ្មែរ។ | русский | Tetun | ภาษาไทย | Tiếng Việt
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CEDAW Quick & Concise: Principle of Non-Discrimination (အရှေ့ပိုးကရင်)
2017
Short animation explaining CEDAW’s principle of non-discrimination, with voiceover in Eastern Pwo. Duration: 4:29 Subtitles: None Bahasa Indonesia | English | español | ខ្មែរ។ | русский | Tetun | ภาษาไทย | Tiếng Việt
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CEDAW Quick & Concise: Principle of Substantive Equality (အရှေ့ပိုးကရင်)
2017
Short animation explaining CEDAW’s principle of substantive equality, with voiceover in Eastern Pwo. Duration: 4:26 Subtitles: None Bahasa Indonesia | English | español | русский | Tetun | ภาษาไทย | Tiếng Việt
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Women’s Economic Rights in the ASEAN
2017
A short video sharing the experiences of women’s rights organisations which used CEDAW to raise awareness of priority issues for women’s economic leadership in ASEAN. Duration: 5:42 Subtitles: English
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A Simple Guide to CEDAW and the SDGs
2017
A short film outlining how CEDAW and the Sustainable Development Goals can work together to advance gender equality. Duration: 13:30 Subtitles: English
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Video of statement by IWRAW Asia Pacific at the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61)
2017
IWRAW Asia Pacific’s oral statement at #CSW61, emphasising that women’s economic empowerment is a crosscutting right that impinges on many other rights. Duration: 3:57 Subtitles: English
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