Human Rights Council
Economic Inequality, Financial Crisis and Human Rights.
Women have a human right to all social, economic and cultural rights, not for others but for themselves.
23 March, 2016
Women have a human right to all social, economic and cultural rights, not for others but for themselves.
Numbers aren’t enough. Women must also have meaningful access and influence.
What does parity mean and how will it contribute to gender equality? Are there any unintended consequences to consider? What are the experiences of using gender parity to close gender gaps and challenge gender bias?
“Cities have the ability to innovate and measure rapid change, even when national governments cannot—or will not—take action.” Soon-Young Yoon, IAW representative to the UN in New York, at UN Women Stakeholders’ Forum 2016
Bandana Rana is one of the key leaders of the women’s movement in Nepal.
Women’s and feminist organizations should demand from politicians to move from commitments to accomplishments and take bold actions to embed women’s human rights, women’s empowerment and gender equality in every aspect of life so that we can transform our world and make it one based on peace, justice, human rights and gender equality.
There can be no sustainable development without respect for the fundamental rights of individuals, starting with the right of women to exercise free control over their body.
Economics should be focused less on mechanisms like income and more on wellbeing, a multidimensional concept including income, health, education, empowerment and social status.
Written statement submitted by International Alliance of Women to the Human Rights Council, Thirty-first session