Ahead of this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting with its theme, FAR’s regional partners presented key advocacy points that reflect their grassroots work in relation to three thematic areas: economic and social rights; peace, safety and security; ending gender-based violence and defending women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights; climate change, cultural, indigenous and land rights. […]
Feminist Speak Out @ #CSW61 organized by Madre, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) and the Feminist Alliance for Rights (FAR) March 16, 2017 – As hundreds of side and parallel events dot the venues around the United Nations every year for the Committee on the Status of Women (CSW), this year is markedly different. The so-called travel ban […]
This year’s session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) — a major international gathering on women’s human rights — is taking place under the shadow of recently escalated anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, and anti-Muslim policies of the United States. Join women’s rights and gender justice advocates from around the globe, calling for No Borders on Gender Justice! Date/Time: […]
A report on FAR’s first public panel discussion, ahead of the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women(CSW) The 61st Session of the CSW (CSW61) begins today at the United Nations in New York, against a backdrop of much political tension around immigration issues, refugee rights and other human rights concerns set in motion by a Trump […]
Friday, March 17th 4.30 pm Salvation Army 221 East 52nd Street New York Panel Discussion focused on the findings of Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) and the DukeUniversity’s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), highlighting how countering terrorism finance measures cause resource and other challenges for women’s rights activists. This panel will draw from the experiences of women human rights defenders. For […]
March 13, 2017, 8:30-10:00 AM Open Discussion; Parallel Event to the 61st CSW Community Church of New York, Gallery Room at 40 E 35th St, New York, NY 10016 The parallel event will highlight and locate the realities of women migrant domestic workers in the Gulf region in an analysis of the global care chain. The panelists will discuss the […]
Women’s Struggles in the Middle East A Pre-CSW61 Side Event Briefing about FAR followed by a panel discussion on women’s rights in the Middle East Saturday, March 11th 3 to 4:30 pm Location: Midtown Manhattan Please RSVP to: feministallianceforrights@gmail.com for venue information Panel Discussion will be followed by light refreshments Featuring Fatima Outleb and Hibaaq Osman Moderated by: Krishanti Dharmaraj […]
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