TAG: UN
UN Women: “Sex work is not trafficking”
UN Women has supported sex workers in response to Equality Now’s anti-sex worker campaign. The statement recognize the rights of sex workers by striving to ensure safety in and through the workplace, so that they can be free from exploitation, violence and coercion. Click here to learn more.
Read moreHuman Rights Council 24th session report
Read the report of the 24th session of the Human Rights Council which concluded last week. Among the issues discussed, gender integration was one of them. Click here.
Read moreRape is ‘a cross-cutting global issue’
Almost one in four men surveyed in six Asian countries admit to having raped their partners at least once, according to a UN report. Researcher Emma Fulu explains the factors that prompt men to accept and commit rape. Read DW’s article.
Read more“Maternal Mortality: Implementation and Accountability: Guidance on Using a Human Rights Approach in the Context of the Post 2015 Agenda”
In this event to be held at the UN Human Rights Council, the Center for Reproductive Rights will speak about the Alyne Case in relation to which Brazil has been considered by the CEDAW Committee to have infringed the principles of the convention in 2011. Past two years the Brazilian state has not yet responded […]
Read moreGLSEN and UNESCO host meeting to create Global Network of Researchers, Advocates Working on LGBT Issues in Education
Read moreRegional Dialogues on the new UN resolution on SO&GI and human rights: The Brasilia Meeting
Read moreInterview: Camila Asano
For the Newsletter N. 12, SPW interviewed Camila Asano, Coordinator of Foreign Policy and Human Rights at Conectas Human Rights, who participated of the second round of the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) of Brazil, at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), in Geneva, in May 2012. In this interview, Ms. Asano analyzed this mechanism for the human rights, explaining how this process works and highlighting recommendations to Brazil, challenges and perspectives. Read more.
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights at the 2012 Universal Periodic Review of Brazil
Read “INTRODUCTION: Sexual and reproductive rights at the 2012 Universal Periodic Review of Brazil”, written for the SPW Newsletter N. 12, based on analysis of Magaly Pazello, from EMERGE-Communication and Emergence Research Centre and Women’s Networking Support Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC).
Read moreGiant leap backwards regarding the reproductive rights at Rio+20
Global: Gender equality and women’s human rights have continuously been a challenge and sexual and reproductive rights were not included in the Rio+20 document, which was a giant leap backwards. Read a series of contents on this issue.
Read moreABIA and SPW support the Brazilian UPR Pre-session
Brazil: ABIA and SPW supported the Brazilian UPR Pre-session, which took place on April 2nd, in Geneva, presenting a short video and recommendations aiming to contextualize some recent aspects of human rights in the country.
Read moreHuman Rights Council in Geneva held the first-ever formal UN inter-governmental debate on violence and discrimination against LGBT people
Global: On March 7, 2012 the Human Rights Council in Geneva held the first-ever formal UN inter-governmental debate on violence and discrimination against LGBT people. The panel was moderated by the Ambassador of South Africa and featured panelists from Brazil, Pakistan, Sweden and the USA. Read more.
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