U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics
While the declaration is non-binding, it carries enough global weight to pressure countries to improve the lives of women and girls - diplomats and activists
North Dakota Senate approves 'heartbeat' abortion ban
The most restrictive U.S. state ban on abortions to bar the procedure as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected
Women descend on the UN to tackle violence
Every March thousands of women and men descend on New York City for the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women. The signs are unmistakeable ? queues of women snaking around the UN building waiting for hours to collect their UN Grounds Passes. African women in particular stand out, dressed in vibrant batik clothes underneath coats and scarves, keeping warm in the bitter winds. Every caf? surrounding the area is packed to the rafters with government delegations from across the world with NGO staff doing their best to find a few moments to lobby them over coffee between meetings.
Sequesters, Cliffs and Cuts: A Womens Rights Perspective on U.S. Federal Budget Negotiations
Deciphering U.S. federal budget negotiating -- let alone from a gender perspective -- is no easy task. Fortunately several women's rights organizations are doing just that. AWID interviewed Joan Entmacher of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) and Radhika Balakrishnan of the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University to help us unpack the rhetoric and decode what U.S. federal budget negotiations mean for women's rights. They show us that behind the technical jargon and hyperbolic politics, lie critical debates about the role of the state, struggles for rights and resources, and the social impacts of austerity.