Women’s Rights

UN General Assembly adopts historic resolution on child, early & forced marriage

Posted by wideplusnetworkon March 29, 2015July 5, 2017in News, Women's Rights

21 November 2014 - Child marriage holds back 15 million girls a year, or about 41,000 a day, denying them fundamental rights and undermining their future. If there is no reduction in child marriage, 1.2 billion girls will marry as…

CSW 2015 celebrated Beijing+20 with record large participation but limited space for CSOs

Posted by wideplusnetworkon March 29, 2015July 25, 2021in Analysis, Women's Rights

by Janice G Foerde, chairwoman, KULU-Women and Development (KULU) Many nice words about global progress on gender equality and women’s/girls’ rights as well as UN member states’ national results were heard at the 59th Session of the UN Commission…

WIDE+ supports statement on recognising women’s rights in UNHRC Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Living in Rural Areas.

Posted by wideplusnetworkon February 13, 2015July 5, 2017in Statements and Petitions, Women's RightsLeave a comment

From 2 to 6 February, 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and People living in Rural Areas met during their Second Session. PWESCR (the Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural…