This is a statement submitted by Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, for the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) representing over 1000 organizations and individuals across global south welcomes the focus […]
POSITION: National Programmes and Advocacy Officer BASE Cotonou/Benin ACCOUNTABLE TO: Executive Director REPORT TO: Global Programmes Coordinator and Africa Regional Director MEMBER OF: Programs Team WORKING DAYS: 36 hours a week DURATION: 1 year About WGNRR We are a southern-based global network that builds and strengthens movements for sexual and reproductive health, rights (SRHR) and […]
The SRHR4All Dialogues bring together SRHR advocates, other civil society organizations, and human rights actors to engage in an intersectional and intergenerational conversation, envisioning the future and charting pathways forward. The Dialogue Serie seeks to create spaces for women’s rights organizations, youth-led organizations, other civil society organizations, and advocates to share experiences and learnings towards defining a transformative agenda and to share effective practices and strategies to strengthen accountability towards #SRHR4All.
In a significant transition for the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Executive Director Marevic “Bing” Parcon will be stepping down from her role after a 6-year tenure and 14-years at WGNRR. A new Executive Director is to assume by March 2024.
WGNRR is seeking the service of consultants from the Global South to conduct an independent study of WGNRR work over the past 40 years.
The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people as they resist militarism, imperialism, and settler colonization. We firmly denounce the grave violation amounting to gross war crimes, including severe infringements on their human rights, among which are sexual and reproductive health and rights. We demand an end to Israel’s regime of colonial apartheid, inhumane siege, and blockade on Gaza. The time has come to put an end to the collective suffering inflicted upon civilians in Gaza.
The Oral Statement on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Justice was co-developed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, EnGendeRights, NoBox Philippines, NOVEL, Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network, and STRAP Kababaihan. It was presented by WGNRR’s Youth SRHR Officer, Danica Shahana Magtubo on October 9, 2023.
Across the world, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) continue to be harassed, threatened, convicted, and killed by state and non-state forces, despite state obligations to ensure their protection and to create an enabling environment for their work. This is especially the case for WHRDs defending abortion rights, who face fundamentalist opposition forces and are targeted in […]
