It is committed to promoting the rights of women within the framework of Islam. Their principels are: a) The universal and Islamic values of equality, non-discrimination, justice and dignity as the basis of all human relations. b)Full and equal citizenship, including full participation in all aspects of society, as the right of every individual. b) Marriage and family relations based on equality and justice, with men and women sharing equal rights and responsibilities.
The organisation Mukomeze tries to achieve to improve the lives of women and girls who survived rape and other forms of sexual violence arising from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Its main purpose is to produce, organize, and disseminate knowledge about sexuality from a human rights perspective, in order to help fight gender inequality and to contribute to the struggle against the discrimination of sexual minorities in the region.
Migrants are commonly seen as both unwanted intruders and powerless victims, but Laura Agustin own ideas work to break down this duality and think about power in different ways. Laura Agustín writes as a lifelong migrant and sometime worker in both nongovernmental and academic projects about sex, travel and work.
GL is committed with media, governance and gender justice. Working with partners at local, national, regional and international level to promote gender equality in and through the media and effective campaigns for ending gender violence, HIV and AIDS.
The Sexual Offences Bill 2006
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), together with Nairobi Women's Hospital are already preparing a nationwide campaign to educate Kenyans on the bill.
Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
TWOWS is the first international forum to unite eminent women scientists from the South with the objective of strengthening their role in the development process and promoting their representation in scientific and technological leadership.
Tostan
Organisation focused on empowering villagers to take charge of their own development and participate fully in society. Senegal.
Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC)
Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre is an organisation established to work towards the eradication of the victimisation of women by the legal system. TLAC aims to make the legal system a vehicle of social change for women by influencing policy and legislation through training, research, advocacy and information. South Africa.
Ugnayan ng Kababaihan sa Pulitika (UKP)
A broad alliance of women from the academe, non-governmental organizations, and the various branches of government which aims to increase the participation of women in politics and public policy. The main activities of UKP are focused on undertaking research and establishing a database on women in politics in the Philippines, conducting training for women on electoral politics and advocating for the elimination of barriers and all forms of discrimination which prevents women from seeking and winning elective positions both national and local. Philippines.
Via Campesina
Via Campesina is an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe.
Women and AIDS Support Network (WASN)
WASN deals specifically with women’s issues in the advent of HIV/AIDS, advocating for policies in favor of women in various issues related to their reproductive health rights. Zimbabwe.
Women and Media Collective - WMC
The Women and Media Collective aims to bring about change based on feminist principles for a society free from violence and militarization, which would pave the way for a balanced representation of women in decision-making and governance, and advocate for non-discriminatory laws and policies.
"In Maputo, Mozambique, on the occasion of the international seminar on building alliances for food sovereignty and against violence towards women held in Maputo from July 26 to 29, La Via Campesina worked together with World March of Women (WMW), Friends of the Earth Intenational (FoEI) and women of the countryside from Asia and Africa and shared our ideas to plan our work on women".
Governments from Latin America commit to women's right to lifelong learning
After several days of negotiation by feminist organizations, the governments attending the XI Regional Conference on Women from Latin America and the Caribbean, held from July 13-16, in Brasilia, committed to the implementation of policies and programmes for women's education and lifelong learning.
IFIs must consider gender impacts within indigenous communities
Despite International Financial Institution (IFI) mandates to safeguard indigenous peoples, gender blind IFI investments can have negative impacts on indigenous communities, especially when IFIs are financiers of environmentally destructive infrastructure projects, extractive industries, and harmful macroeconomic restructuring.
A new Human Right Watch´s report entitled "Illusions of Care: Lack of Accountability for Reproductive Rights in Argentina", documents the many obstacles women and girls face in getting the reproductive health care services to which they are entitled, such as contraception, voluntary sterilization procedures, and abortion after rape.
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