CSW 2016 Stepped It Up for Gender Equality and a Planet 50-50 by 2030. What now?

Janice G Foerde The milestone sixtieth session of the UN Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) took place from 14-24 March 2016 at UN Headquarters in New York City. It was the largest CSW ever. Over 120 government ministers…

Analysis on Sexual and Reproductive Rights

WIDE+ member and researcher Christa Wichterich has written a 40 page analysis on current debates and theoretical views on womens' Sexual and Reproductive rights. Women’s bodies have regularly been – and still are – the central target of conservative and fundamentalist…

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…