The UNHRC Inter-governmental Working Group (IGWG) has been given a mandate by UN members to develop a UN binding Treaty on TransNational Companies (TNCs) and Human Rights. The IGWG has had its first working session between 6-10 July in Geneva, Switzerland.…
Read More WIDE+ joins collective demand for a UN binding Treaty on Transnational Companies
GADN UK: The Beijing Conference on Women marked an important moment in the struggle for gender equality and the rights of women and girls but, twenty years on, what’s changed? For a start, gender is now firmly on the agenda…
Read More UK: Turning promises into progress for Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Rights
European Parliament FEMM Committee adopts its recommendations for the EU Strategy for equality between women and men The FEMM committee of the EP adopted by 20 votes in favour, 12 votes against and 3 abstentions the own-initiative report on "the…
Read More News about EU, trade, development and gender justice, Newsletter May 2015, issue 2
