Boundless Implications for ILOs Recent Recognition of Domestic Work
For decades, women's rights advocates and their allies have been organizing for what the International Labor Organization (ILO) acknowledged in its recent Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers: domestic work as work and domestic workers as workers entitled to rights.
World Banks open forum on gender equality
World Bank holding global gender event on Sep. 20-21
Groundbreaking research on women's forestland rights issues in China
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The Other Tahrir Square: Attacks Continue On Women Human Rights Defenders In Iraq
Women have been at the forefront of demonstrations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the recent popular uprisings, which have received much media and international attention. In contrast, coverage of attacks on women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in Iraq's Tahrir Square demonstrations has been limited, AWID asks why.