To read the Full 37-Page 2019 Report, click first to the website: https://womenintheworkplace.com/
This Is a Critical Moment
We can treat diversity like the business imperative it is, or we can treat it as an optional initiative. We can build on the progress we’ve made, or we can lose momentum. This year we’ve seen more bright spots than ever before. We know companies are committed. And the organizations that are doubling down on their diversity efforts are making real progress. We hope companies take this year’s report as a roadmap for change—and a call to action.
Извор: WUNRN – 07.12.2019
The lack of women’s meaningful participation in peace processes remains a major challenge in global efforts to resolve violent conflict. By including women’s perspectives in conflict resolution efforts, the diverse needs of affected societies can be better addressed, thereby reducing the likelihood of relapse into conflict. To support conflict resolution efforts, this toolkit makes actionable proposals for OSCE mediation actors, the Chairmanship, participating States, and Executive Structures on how to increase women’s inclusion in official negotiation processes in the OSCE area.
Direct Link to Full 73-Page OSCE 2019 Toolkit:
https://www.osce.org/secretariat/440735?download=true
Извор: WUNRN – 08.12.2019
Challenging Power, Fighting Discrimination: Call to Recognize & Protect Women Human Rights Defenders
Direct Link to Full 58-Page 2019 Amnesty International Report:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ACT3011392019ENGLISH.PDF
Извор: WUNRN – 07.12.2019
The rise of authoritarianism has catalyzed a rollback of gender violence protections and support systems.
“The corrosion of women’s human rights is a litmus test for the human rights standards of the whole society.” — United Nations Human Rights Council
December 4, 2019 - When thousands of protesters took to the streets of Madrid last week to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, they were greeted with a controversial demand from Spain’s surging far-right Vox party — that the country repeal a landmark law aimed at protecting women from violence, citing its unfairness toward men.
“There are also men who suffer violence from women and are killed by their wives,” said the party’s secretary general, Javier Ortega Smith, at City Hall. And women have also suffered “violence from their lesbian partners.”
Spain’s Vox party is not alone in thinking this way.
Direct Link to Full 60-Page 2019 Hague Principles Document:
https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Hague-Principles-on-Sexual-Violence.pdf
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Over the course of 2019, over 50 civil society organisations came together to bring the voices of survivors to the forefront of discussions about addressing sexual violence. More than 500 survivors were consulted on what they think makes violence ‘sexual’. Information from consultations was complemented by input from civil society, legal practitioners, academics, and policy makers to create The Hague Principles on Sexual Violence.
