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.
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Network of Women in Media - NWM
The Network is an informal, non-hierarchical organisation comprising women journalists and others working in or on the media. It is currently linked to autonomous local collectives of mediawomen in about a dozen places across the country. India.
Network of Women in Media, India - NWMI
It is an informal, non-hierarchical organisation comprising women journalists and others working in or on the media. It is currently linked to autonomous local collectives of mediawomen in about a dozen places across the country.
NGO Forum on Cambodia
The Forum consists of over sixty organisations and advocates on issues of concern to the Cambodian people: economic and social justice; respect for human rights and democracy; peace and non-violence; sustainable use of resources; respect for cultural diversity; and development with equity.
Nisaa Institute for Women's Development
Nisaa is a community based, non-governmental, non-profit organization which focuses on the abuse of women and their children (who are secondary victims of abuse) and women's issues. South Africa.
Non-Governmental Organisations' Co-ordinating Committee (NGOCC)
NGOCC is a women's umbrella body coordinating and strengthening member NGOs/CBOs addressing gender and development through capacity building, networking, communication and advocacy. Zambia.
Online Women in Politics
It is a project of the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) which highlights Asia-Pacific women's involvement in politics, governance, decision-making and transformative leadership.
Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC)
Palestinian NGO working in the field of rural development, environment protection, and women empowerment. PARC offers technical assistance and support, along with extension services to individuals and organizations working in similar fields.
People Opposing Women Abuse - POWA
POWA is a powerful, specialised and multi-skilled service provider that contributes towards the eradication of violence against women in society, in order to enhance women's quality of life. South Africa.
Philippine Beijing Score Board (PBSB)
PBSB evolved from the National Steering Committee (NSC) of NGOs for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women that mobilized NGO preparation for and participation in the UN Beijing Conference on women. After the NSC-convened NGO Post-Beijing Conference, NSC members formed the Philippine NGO Beijing Score Board to lead in the national monitoring of the government's implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.
Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR)
PWESCR works to promote women's human rights, especially in the context of economic, social and cultural rights, by bringing a gender framework to policy, law and practice at local, national, regional and international levels.
Rape Crisis
Rape Crisis is a women's organisation committed to ending violence against women. Activities: counselling, education, training, research and lobbying. South Africa.
Research, Action & Information for Bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO)
International organization working on issues within the intersection between health and human rights of women. Starting with the issue of Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation, we explore means of preventing this and other forms of gender-based violence.
Salidumay
Coalition of organizations in the women's movement in the Philippines. It consists of organizations involved in the promotion of women's rights in the following areas: domestic violence, prostitution and trafficking of women, politics and electoral reform, legislative advocacy and lobbying; media and information and communications technology.
"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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