Diverse Voices: Trauma, Empowerment and Collective Action – Part 1

Poem by Marjorie Kantor (AWC Madrid); Interview by Mary Adams (AWC The Hague)

 

HR write forward logoSince its founding, the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) has championed the power of women’s voices, ensuring they are heard, celebrated and shared. In 2025, its anthology efforts align with the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. This event is a call to...

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CSW69 Consultation Day: Geneva Engages Civil Society to Implement BPfA

by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague and Human Rights Team Co-Chair

 

hr un with flagsIn 2023–24, CSW NGO Geneva worked with 120 NGOs from 43 countries to research the progress and challenges for member states of the UN ECE region based on the 12 critical areas of concern in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). The 12 working groups were given a...

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Women Bearing Brunt of the Conflict in Eastern DRC

by Marelie Manders, Heidelberg IWC and Human Rights Team Co-Chair

 

One of the 12 critical concerns of the Beijing Platform for Action is Women in Armed Conflict. The Beijing Platform calls for, among other things, women’s full participation in conflict resolution. It also recognises women’s right to protection, as they are at particular risk of being targeted by violence...

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Women in Power: Look Behind You

by Mary Adams (AWC The Hague)

 

HR women and decision making Boadicea Statuary GroupAt the February Human Rights Team meeting, Connie Phlipot launched a discussion about women in power and decision-making based on the recommendations from her working group’s review of the Beijing Platform for Action. Please refer to the Working Group Statement: Women in Power & Decision-Making. Statistics show that since 1995, women have made some...

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Human Rights and Climate Justice: “Double Standard” at COP29

by Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris

 

One’s senses are constantly solicited at COP. The 2024 UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan was no exception: handmade or industrial messages either screaming for immediate action or calmly stating a platitude for an inspirational vision of a future worth striving toward, carpeted passages muting footsteps as hundreds...

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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2024: November 25–December 10

By Karen Castellon (FAWCO co-UN Liaison, FAUSA, AWC Berlin, AWAquitane), Mary Adams (AWC The Hague, Human Rights co-chair), Marelie Manders (Heidelberg IWC and Human Rights co-chair), and Laurie Richardson (AWA Vienna)

 

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence was launched in 1991 by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. The Center...

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