May 28, International Day of Action for Women’s Health Our Health, Our Rights, Our Lives! End Violence Against Women in ALL its Forms On May 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health, women’s rights activists and allies advocate worldwide for women ’s comprehensive health and well-being, particularly their unmet sexual and reproductive health […]
More than Our Status! Our Bodies! Our Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights! May 1, 2015 Abuja, Nigeria United, 22 young women HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights activists came together for the Young Women’s Strategy Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, April 28 – 29, 2015. During this strategic session the women […]
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED! The life of a 10-year-old girl who is pregnant after having been raped by her stepfather is in danger. Despite the high risk this pregnancy poses and her mother’s request, access to safe abortion has not been yet provided.
CSOs from all over the world express concern on recently concluded 48th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD). On the final day, the chair produced a well-balanced text reflective of the various positions staked by governments, but to everyone’s surprise, this text was suddenly withdrawn by the chair only two hours after being distributed to delegates, without the chance for governments to engage in the normal fine-tuning that is routine at CPD negotiations.
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) calls on Wang Xiaohong, the Director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, Chairman Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to immediately and unconditionally ensure the release the five young women human rights defenders who were criminally detained in China after they planned events to protest sexual harassment on International Women’s Day.
ICW and WGNRR JOINT STATEMENT Submitted at the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (March 9-20, 2015) We the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights and the International Community of Women Living with HIV, welcome the opportunity to represent at the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women […]
In honour of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2015, we invite all members, partners, and allies to send us your “Words of Hope” through postcards and letters, which we will forward to the remaining Las 17 and other incarcerated women on 1 April 2015, marking one year since the original requests for their pardon.
*Following the Asia Pacific Beijing +20 review, Sri Lanka had the first ever Beijing+20 Youth Review on SRHR and Gender Equality in preparation for the 59th CSW. 27 Young people from 18 different CSOs, youth networks and Government bodies were a part of the youth review and the Advocacy in Practice training on the 6th and 7th of February 2015. The youth recommendations were then made into a statement and was reviewed by an experts panel including youth advocates. The statement was also presented to the minister of Women’s Affairs Sri Lanka and to the Chairperson of the National Committee on Women who are the National delegates to the 59th CSW.
