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Indigenous Women Walking the Path to a CEDAW General Recommendation: Webinar

June 11, 2021June 10, 2021

Webinar: Indigenous Women Walking the Path to a CEDAW General Recommendation – Mujeres Indígenas caminando hacia una recomendación general de la CEDAW Date: June 15, 2021 Time: 4 pm EDT (NY) – 2 pm CST (Guatemala) Location: Zoom – Registration required, please register HERE Presenters: Rosa Chávez – Débora Yancoba – Yury López – Sara Mux …

Honouring Alda Facio: 6 years of the UN WGDAWG

January 10, 2021November 24, 2020

Honouring Alda Facio: 6 years of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls This Webinar was live broadcast on December 4, 2020. The recording is now available here: On the occasion of the completion of her six-year mandate as Expert Member of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, …

FORO VIRTUAL: Mujeres Indígenas y la CEDAW por la No Discriminación

November 19, 2020August 27, 2020

La Asamblea Nacional Política de Mujeres Indígenas y el Instituto de Educación de los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres invitan al foro virtual: Mujeres Indígenas y la CEDAW por la No Discriminación En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer Indígena Fecha: 5 de septiembre, 2020 Organizan: Asamblea Nacional Política de Mujeres Indígenas (ANPMI) …

Webinar: Nuestro activismo feminista y el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la discriminación contra las mujeres y niñas

July 16, 2020

Hace 10 años el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU creó al Grupo de Trabajo sobre Discriminación contra las mujeres y niñas. ¿Sabías que éste es uno de los mecanismos para la protección de los derechos de las mujeres más progresistas? ¡Celebremos juntas el décimo aniversario de este importante mecanismo de derechos humanos! La Alianza Feminista …

What Coronavirus Teaches About Inequality, Discrimination and the Importance of Caring

June 21, 2020June 17, 2020

Alda Facio, May 2020 They say the coronavirus doesn’t discriminate, that it put us all — no matter how diverse we are — at risk of falling ill, and that it dictates an equally threatening future for all humankind. But the measures that have been implemented in Central America to deal with this pandemic are …

Webinar: COVID-19, CEDAW and Women’s Human Rights

July 6, 2020June 6, 2020

This Webinar was live broadcast on June 16, 2020. The recording is now available here: Synopsis: The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the deeply entrenched inequalities that have shaped the impact of the virus. Where there was violence, violence has increased. Where there was marginality, the impacts of the crisis have been amplified. Where …

UN Human Rights Experts – Statement on US Uprising

June 5, 2020

Statement on the Protests against Systemic Racism in the United States June 5, 2020 This statement is issued by independent experts* of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Original statement can be viewed here, the text is copied below. Image: open source by Andrew Robinson. The recent killing of George Floyd …

UN WGDAWG: COVID-19 and Discrimination Against Women and Girls

April 26, 2020April 22, 2020

Statement from the UN WGDAWG: “Responses to Covid-19 could exacerbate pre-existing and deeply entrenched discrimination against women and girls” A message from WHRI Founder and Academic Director Alda Facio, expert member of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls (WGDAWG). I am very pleased to present to you the press release and …

CSW64 Side Event: Beijing + CEDAW: South-North Dialogue on WHR Implementation

April 21, 2020February 26, 2020

CSW64 Parallel Event (Cancelled due to COVID-19) Beijing + CEDAW: South-North Dialogue on WHR accountability and implementation Date: 13 March Time: 12:30 PM – 2 PM Venue: Church Center for the United Nations Room: Tenth Floor Description: CEDAW and the Beijing Platform for Action together lay out a road map and legal framework for women’s …

CALL TO ACTION: Human Rights Treaty Bodies Under Immediate Threat

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019

The UN human rights system continues to be under threat, requiring immediate action from all of us! We have some important news via IWRAW Asia Pacific as of May 16th, 2019, regarding the human rights mechanisms of the UN. We request that you join us in taking action. A letter sent on 30 April from Michelle …