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.
Women's human rights organization, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria.
ASWAT (which means Voice in Arabic) is a courageous and dynamic group of Palestinian gay women who have decided to organize to challenge the status quo and to improve their lives and hopefully secure these rights for the coming generations.
WiLDAF is a pan-African network of organisations and individuals working in the area of women's rights. It was established in 1990 with the aim of promoting and strengthening action-strategies that link law to the development and empowerment of women.
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Centre for Women’s Development Studies - CWDS
They develop, promote and disseminate knowledge about women's roles in society and economic trends which affect women's lives and status. India.
Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)
COVAW is a membership-based non-partisan, secular, feminist network of individuals and organizations who are committed to eradicating violence against women. Kenya.
Commission for Gender Equality
Independent state institution that adopts an approach to human resources and institutional development and promotes gendered best practices at work, which are in compliance with labour and equality legislation. South Africa.
Continental Network of Indigenous Women
The Continental initiative of Indigenous Women aims to strengthen the organisational processes of the regions to give better clarity to the organisational work at the national level, promote solidarity, and give more visibility and voice to the Indigenous women inside the international arena. Panama.
Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action - CREA
They work with women to articulate, demand and access their human rights, focusing on issues of sexuality, reproductive health, violence and social justice.
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
The DAWN network covers Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. They work at the regional level and connect with the priorities of women's and civil society organisations in each region.
Disha
Disha's vision is to establish an equitable society where there is no discrimination on the basis of gender, race, religion and caste and which provides equal social, economic and political opportunities. India.
Durbar - Unstoppable
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee is a forum of 65,000 sex workers based in West Bengal, India. Durbar has been active in challenging and addressing the structural barriers that form the everyday reality of sex workers' lives as they relate to their material deprivation or their social exclusion with the aim of altering them.
East African Media Women Association
Its vision is for African women to have equal access to New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT), and to be empowered to use these in ways that benefit their lives and those of their communities.
El Arbol
The Foundation empowers female entrepreneurs and workers in the small Nicaraguan wood and metal industry, by funding and supporting hands-on, sustainable projects.
For a stronger gender equality architecture reform (GEAR) at the UN
Selected news
Human Rights
/Gender
/World Peace and Security
- Mon Jul 07 2008
New Security Council resolution on sexual violence in conflict
In June 2008, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1820 of 2008, which addresses sexual violence in situations of conflict. How significant is this new Resolution?
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AWID
Gender
- Tue Jun 17 2008
Deputy Secretary-General notes need to improve U.N. system-wide coherence on gender issues
The Deputy Secretary-General says that gender equality and women’s empowerment are core elements of fostering peace, achieving development, protecting the environment, promoting human rights and reaching so many of the UN’s goals.
Source:
U,N,
On June 19, 2008 the United Nations Security Council adopted a Resolution to end sexual violence in conflict. The Resolution is not a comprehensive instrument for addressing sexual violence; It is however, a step in the right direction provided that it will complement and not distract from Resolution 1325, which is still the definitive standard so far for incorporating women's rights perspectives into conflict prevention and resolution, and peace building.
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AWID
