Statements

In light of the 2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, the ICW Chapter for Young Women, Adolescents, and Girls (CYWAG) and the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) emphasize the need to place young women and girls living with HIV at the center of all strategies and responses to ending the epidemic. In particular, the full human rights of young women and girls living with HIV must be realized, including their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)!

Marisol Ruiz, WGNRR Communications and Campaigns Officer, presented an oral statement during the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on March 14-24, 2016 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

2016 Declaración del Grupo de Trabajo de Jóvenes Feministas  Sexagésimo período de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer    Preámbulo Somos un grupo diverso de jóvenes activistas feministas, reunidxs en Nueva York durante el sexagésimo período de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de […]

WGNRR actively supported and collaborated with fellow members of the Young Feminist Caucus in developing the 2016 Statement below, a comprehensive, holistic and progressive document that calls for for gender, reproductive, economic, ecological, and social justice and political transformation. 2016 Young Feminist Caucus Statement Sixtieth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women   […]

The Youth CSW60 Forum was held from the 11th to the 12th of March 2016. One of the outcomes of this Youth Forum was a Youth Declaration for which WGNRR provided input and support specially with language regarding HIV and SRHR content. Please find attached the final Youth Declaration which was delivered to the Chair, […]

WGNRR’s Advocacy Officer Lara Cousins participated as a panelist at the event which focused on how investing in adolescent girls – especially in their education and SRHR – will ensure sustainable development for all. Theme of the panel:“Leaving no Adolescent Girl behind: Protecting and upholding the rights of every girl” Moderated by Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi, UN Secretary-General’s […]

La Red Mundial de Mujeres por los Derechos Reproductivos (RMMDR) y la Red de Salud de las Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe (RSMLAC) se unen a las voces de organizaciones hermanas y compañeras feministas [1] en respuesta a los recientes brotes del virus del Zika en América Latina y el Caribe, reprobando categóricamente las recomendaciones […]

(Versión en español más abajo) WGNRR condemns the recent murder of Honduran LGBTQI activist and Women Human Rights Defender (WHRD)[1] Paola Barraza, and urges the government of Honduras to take immediate action to protect the human rights of all LGBTQI activists and WHRDs in the country. Paola, a trans woman, was a member of the […]