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.
AIWC President Mrs. Veena Kohli: In India poverty is multi-dimensional social problem. Causes of poverty are many like -unemployment and underemployment, lack of property rights, dependence on agriculture, high population growth rate, caste system, corruption and above all holding of financial resources in the hands of males.
At the UN ECE NGO Forum 3-5 November, President Joanna Manganara called on the women’s movement to monitor closely the effects of austerity measures on women’s human rights and be vocal on the need for immediate reform of the global financial architecture
At the UN ECE NGO Forum, IAW proposes a discussion on why gender responsive budgeting has proved to be a success in some countries and local communities