Petition for the release of five detained feminist activists in China

Five Chinese feminists were detained just before the international women's day. They are still being detained and there are concerns whether the activists receive a proper legal process and get the needed medical care. They were not protesting against the…

WIDE+ joins EWL statement on latest disappointing UN Commission of the Status of Women Declaration

European Women’s Lobby CSW59 Political Declaration: Women’s organisations in Europe and North America call on UN member states to Commit, Accelerate and Invest in women’s and girls’ human rights The just concluded 59th session of the UN Commission on the…

Turning Promises into Progress – joint GADN GAPS and UKSRHR network report

2015 represents an important moment for gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights. It is twenty years since the landmark Beijing Conference on Women and fifteen years since the ground-breaking United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace…