Tribute to Philippines Women Human Rights Defenders

WUNRN http://www.wunrn.com Tanggol Bayi is an association of women human rights defenders in The Philippines dedicated to advance women's rights as human rights. http://www.demotix.com/news/international-women-human-rights-defenders-day-commemorated-protest ...

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Philippines: evidence of women rights violations

20 August 2014 Hon. Leila M. de Lima Secretary Department of Justice Padre Faura, Manila Re: Reinstatement of the Provisions on “Justified Abortions” in the Draft Code of Crimes to Provide an Opportunity for Public Discussion on the Legal and Human Rights Implications of a Total Criminal Ban on Abortion Dear Secretary de Lima: We would like to draw the attention of the Department...

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A CALL TO WOMEN:

A CALL TO WOMEN: `        LET US JOIN IN MEANINGFUL TRANFORMATIVE ACTIONS:                             EVERY WOMEN A HUMAN RIGHTS MENTOR,                             ...

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Memorial to women who have been raped in conflict

International Gender/Post-conflict reconstruction specialist Lesley Abdela will chair a discussion courtesy of the British Council at their headquarters in London in November 2014 on the idea of a monument dedicated specifically to the female spirit of survival after rape used systematically as a strategy of war. World-wide there exists a deeply damaging and unfair attitude towards women who have...

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Women as full human beings

In a long and exciting journey undertaken to have all people around the world know and own human rights as a way of life , allow me to share a celebration which guides us on the road to understand the holistic vision and practical mission of human rights, for which we have no other option. On the 3rd of December women and men around the world are celebrating the 30th anniversary of CEDAW, the United...

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Seyla Benhabib

Seyla Benhabib, born in Istanbul, Turkey, is the Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University and was Director of its Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics from 2002 to 2008. Professor Benhabib is the recipient of the Ernst Bloch prize for 2009 (one of Germany’s most prestigious philosophical prizes) and of the Leopold Lucas Prize from the Theological Faculty of the University...

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Equity or Equality

As Shanti Dairiam pointed out the CEDAW Convention secured a normative framework of substantive equality for women. This has been re-emphasised with all relevant examples of CEDAW General Recommendations and Concluding Observations in the CEDAW Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2012 and in my article on Gender and Democratic Citizenship – Confronting Traditionalism and Neo-liberalism: the Impact...

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Femicide: A Global Problem

About 66,000 women and girls are violently killed every year, accounting for approximately 17 per cent of all victims of intentional homicides. While the data on which these conservative estimates are based is incomplete, it does reveal certain patterns with respect to the male v. female victim ratio in homicides, intimate partner violence, and the use of firearms in femicides—defined here as ‘the killing...

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Istanbul Convention for Women against Violence Europe (WAVE)

The EU Istanbul Convention enters into force on 1 August 2014. This is an important milestone in the history of the Women’s Movement and much remains to be done to improve the situation of women survivors of violence and their children. On the 1st of August 2014, the Istanbul Convention will come into force. For Women against Violence Europe (WAVE) and all of our Focal Points and Partners, the...

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