The Central America Women’s Network (CAWN) and Women in Development Europe (WIDE+) have asked European Parliamentarians to pressure El Salvador to have an open debate in its Legislative Assembly to change the legislation that bans abortion under all circumstances. MEP…
Governance
WIDE+ supports TTIP campaign aiming to protect European regulations on chemicals and pesticides
WIDE+ supports a current campaign that calls for chemicals to be excluded from regulatory cooperation within the TTIP (EU-US trade) negotiations. The campaign also calls for no provisions enabling multinationals to sideline the EU courts and sue European states in…
The first Financing for Development review Forum fails to deliver meaningful outcomes for Women’s Human Rights
The inaugural ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up was held from 18 to 20 April 2016, but it did not bring results. Despite ongoing negotiations between governments, the meeting did not produce any substantive outcomes. The outcome document provides four articles that…