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Bordering Rights: The globalised double standards of visa regimes
November 2024
“It takes less than a century, it seems, to see the absence of freedom as a natural condition” – Speranta Dumitru, ‘When World Leaders Thought You Shouldn’t Need Passports or Visas’, The Conversation, 27 September 2016. In today’s interconnected world, everyone should have the freedom to travel and pursue opportunities, regardless of nationality or origin. […]
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The UK’s Extraterritorial Obligations and the Right to Health in a Time of Polycrisis
August 2024
This report was submitted on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine Campaign (FPV), of which IWRAW Asia Pacific is a member, and the Campaign Against Racism (CAR), to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) in advance of its consideration of the 18th and 19th periodic reports of the […]
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Joint civil society statement: Repeal punitive laws against poverty and inequality
July 2024
In June 2024, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing issued their study Breaking the cycle: Ending the criminalization of homelessness and poverty. This study was welcomed by the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, the Women and Harm Reduction […]
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Guía para un informe CEDAW alternativo sobre derechos de las mujeres LBTI+, personas no binaries y de género diverso
June 2024
Este recurso de 19 páginas proporciona orientación específica de artículos para las ONG que buscan participar en el proceso de revisión de la CEDAW con miras a los derechos de las mujeres lesbianas, bisexuales, transgénero e intersexuales, y de las personas no binarias y de género diverso. Traducción por Larissa Arroyo Navarrete y colaboración de […]
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From Voices to Demands: Outcomes of the Global Tribunal of Women Workers
May 2024
In late 2022, IWRAW Asia Pacific, in collaboration with 28 organisations, convened the Global Tribunal of Women Workers during our annual Global South Women’s Forum. The Global Tribunal was a collaborative, constituency-led, transnational and cross-movement initiative which remained steadfast in centring the lived experiences of women workers. Their stories set out to make visible the […]
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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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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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CEDAW shadow report guidelines on the rights of LBTI+ women, trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people
March 2024
This 19-page PDF provides article-specific guidance to NGOs who aim to engage with the CEDAW review process with a view to the rights of lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women, and non-binary and gender-diverse people. Also available in Spanish.
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