Guidebook on CEDAW General Recommendation No. 30 & UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace & Security
“Education, especially at higher levels, provides opportunities for development and for women in particular; it has a ripple effect on their families because they play a vital role in the upbringing of children. Additionally, the education of women can reduce poverty levels and help to develop their confidence to know their rights and exercise them. Further, when women are empowered and are able to move into higher education and work as school administrators, professors, faculty and staff they can serve as role models for young people. Also they will be able to articulate the needs, interests and concerns of other women in higher education.”
http://wihe.com/words-womens-underrepresentation-higher-education-ghana/
Recommended Indicators for Working to Address Child Marriage
Via Women’s Livelihoods – PWESCR
NEW Practitioners Guide: Human Rights-Based Approach to Water in Informal Settlements
DIRECT LINK TO FULL 2015 GUIDE
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights is pleased to release its latest publication aimed at strengthening capacity of human rights advocates and development practitioners to advance rights globally.
A human rights-based approach to water can provide a tool for practitioners and activists to improve communities’ access to water. This approach differs from a needs-based approach by highlighting human rights principles and carrying legal weight that holds duty-bearers responsible for meeting their obligations under human rights law.
The purpose of our latest Practitioners Guide, on the Human Rights-Based Approach to Water in Informal Settlements, is to provide an analysis of how to best incorporate the human right to water in the context of development. The Guide also includes several case studies and provide lessons learned on how to better incorporate the right to water into human rights-based development.
