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Today, the #CEDAW Committee begins its constructive dialogue with Spain by expressing solidarity regarding the country's ongoing drought; and expressing deep appreciation for Committee chair @AnaPelaez.
Watch live: media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k… #CEDAW85
Watch live: media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k… #CEDAW85
Secretary of State for Equality and against Gender-Based Violence @Pam_Angela_ tells #CEDAW Committee that another woman has just been killed because of gender-based violence, coming to 17 so far this year. She reiterates Spain's commitment to human rights. #CEDAW85
Spain is a feminist state and is committed to feminist foreign policy, @Pam_Angela_ tells #CEDAW Committee. It amended its abortion act in 2015 and girls aged 16-17 have the right to abortion. Trans identity is not medicalised, and conversion therapies are banned. #CEDAW85
We submitted a detailed 🧾 report for consideration by the Committee, including info on:
➡️ Dramatic drop in Uyghur birth rates
➡️ Forced & incentivized marriage
➡️ Forced labor
➡️ Torture and sexual violence in the camps
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➡️ Dramatic drop in Uyghur birth rates
➡️ Forced & incentivized marriage
➡️ Forced labor
➡️ Torture and sexual violence in the camps
uhrp.org/submissions/pa…
The Committee raised issues with 🇨🇳 citing research from @UyghurProject and others.
Including our report on forced an incentivized marriages 👇🏽
uhrp.org/report/forced-…
Including our report on forced an incentivized marriages 👇🏽
uhrp.org/report/forced-…
Live thread 🧵
@UyghurProject is in Geneva 🇨🇭 for China's review under the 🇺🇳 UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women #CEDAW.
Watch this space for live updates👇🏽
@UyghurProject is in Geneva 🇨🇭 for China's review under the 🇺🇳 UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women #CEDAW.
Watch this space for live updates👇🏽
@UyghurCongress @hk_watch @TibetAdvocacy @ISHRglobal @ISHR_chinese @sarahmcneer @benedictrogers @Dolkun_Isa @PeterIrwin_ @ZumretErkin "We highly valued the participation and inputs of NGOs, academics and experts from research institutions participated in the drafting," says Huang Xiaowei, head of the Chinese delegation.
UHRP didn't get a call unfortunately.
UHRP didn't get a call unfortunately.
@UyghurCongress @hk_watch @TibetAdvocacy @ISHRglobal @ISHR_chinese @sarahmcneer @benedictrogers @Dolkun_Isa @PeterIrwin_ @ZumretErkin "China has worked with UNESCO in [supporting] girls and women's education to encourage equity," says Huang Xiaowei.
Here's a 2022 @UyghurProject report on China's cultural cleansing of Uyghurs, instrumentalizing orgs like @UNESCO 👇🏽
uhrp.org/report/the-com…
Here's a 2022 @UyghurProject report on China's cultural cleansing of Uyghurs, instrumentalizing orgs like @UNESCO 👇🏽
uhrp.org/report/the-com…
On #InternationalWomensDay2023, special shout out to Reem Alsalem UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls. @UNSRVAW, is a very challenging UN role right now, in a world that seems to be waging a new #waronwomen the #femalesex, and especially on our #oneday
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Reem, we saw and heard your @UNSRVAW words in your report to #CEDAW committee on Feb. 24. tinyurl.com/2p94bmju
We hope you don't mind us boosting what your important platform and the type of work you're trying to have heard.
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We hope you don't mind us boosting what your important platform and the type of work you're trying to have heard.
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“I would encourage the CEDAW Committee to spell out how to take into consideration the characteristics of sex and sex-based rights in the design and implementation of inclusive measures...
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We have today sent a formal complaint to the President of the UN HRC, endorsed by many other groups & individuals internationally, about the conduct of Independent Expert for SOGI Victor Madrigal-Borloz. He pursues his own agenda instead of his mandate.
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Endorsed by:
@LesbianLabour
@lgballiance_aus
@LGBAllianceNZ
@ENoMW
@LGBAllies_Cymru
@LGBAlliance_CA
@MensNetwork1
@samtokin22
@llh2019
@NoSelfID_tw
@LHBForbundet
@LGBLiberalForum
@fairplaywomen
@DeclarationOn
@ConfluenciaMF
@LgbDefence
And many others.
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@LesbianLabour
@lgballiance_aus
@LGBAllianceNZ
@ENoMW
@LGBAllies_Cymru
@LGBAlliance_CA
@MensNetwork1
@samtokin22
@llh2019
@NoSelfID_tw
@LHBForbundet
@LGBLiberalForum
@fairplaywomen
@DeclarationOn
@ConfluenciaMF
@LgbDefence
And many others.
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We have today written to the incoming President of the UN Human Rights Council with a long and
detailed complaint about the failure of the Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, to fulfil his mandate.
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detailed complaint about the failure of the Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, to fulfil his mandate.
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@imar_barisi_ Hani derler ya “ne qoymuş be!”, öyle, “düşünce kutupları”nın mabadlarına tekmesini ne “qoymuş” ki RAHMETli Üstadımız, neredeyse 75 senedir acısıyla inim inim inliyor Nutuk’tan tarih yazmaya çalışan özne sürüsü!
@imar_barisi_ Bir andlaşmanın gizli maddesi olur mu, Lozan’ın gizli maddesi/maddeleri var mı? Daha düne kadar oturup cappucino içtikleri zerzavatın ortaya attığı “Lozan 2023’de hükümsüz” meselesi, ayrı. Kapıkulu oldukları dönem Akape’nin goygoyu için uydurulmuş bu şeyi icat edenleri, +
@imar_barisi_ hergün baktıkları ayna’da görerek tespit edebilirler; sory, bu liberal özne Kel, bir dönem canciğer oldukları, generalden Mehdi çıkartan Turgay’dan veya “ben Mehdiyim” diye sayıkladığı söylenen, şimdi boşanan errkekk pelikan’dan ayna’yı tutmalarını reca etsün ol-vakit gaari!
I was yesterday at the @Europarl_BE to represent @ENoMW in front of the group #LEFT and share our analysis of the directive proposal on violence against #women and girls by the @EuropeanCommiss
There is currently no specific legal instrument that comprehensively addresses violence against women at #EU level. The most comprehensive international framework is the @coe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Girls (Istanbul Convention)
The new proposal for a directive aims to provide for standards for prevention, protection and access to justice, & criminalisation of specific forms of violence against women. It is aimed to be an #EU instrument, with binding obligations on Member States.
Who is being let down by current #pensions policy?
⚡low paid
⚡self employed
⚡#men & #women in their 40s
⚡Part time workers below £10k threshold for autoenrolment
⚡carers
⚡mothers not claiming child benefit
#PMQs
#50sWomen recognise the shortcomings!
#FullRestitution
⚡low paid
⚡self employed
⚡#men & #women in their 40s
⚡Part time workers below £10k threshold for autoenrolment
⚡carers
⚡mothers not claiming child benefit
#PMQs
#50sWomen recognise the shortcomings!
#FullRestitution
Strange isn't it (or maybe not!) how many of the groups let down by #pensions policy contain significantly large numbers of #women?
Younger #women would do well to support #50sWomen, who have seen all these failings coming & are fighting on YOUR BEHALF to force Govt action!
Younger #women would do well to support #50sWomen, who have seen all these failings coming & are fighting on YOUR BEHALF to force Govt action!
Not least of which would be to carry out a proper #gendersensitive #impactassessment on any future changes in #pensions policy or implementation, which was denied to #50sWomen, & to begin to consider the ratified #CEDAW convention in any proposals
#WaspiFullRestitutionNow
#WaspiFullRestitutionNow
Begin thread 🧵: Update on repression in #Bahrain on the 11th anniversary of the Pearl Uprising, courtesy of @hrw: hrw.org/news/2022/01/1…
Sheikh Ali Salman was unjustly imprisoned in December 2014 after leading a protest rally in #Bahrain. He is a @DefendingFreedoms prisoner of conscience who should be freed immediately and without conditions. @USEmbassyManama humanrightscommission.house.gov/defending-free…
Naji Fateel, a blogger and #HumanRights activist, was unjustly detained in #Bahrain in May 2013 and tortured in custody. He is a @DefendingFreedoms prisoner of conscience who should be freed immediately and without conditions. humanrightscommission.house.gov/defending-free…
Thank you to Prof @RichardDawkins for signing the Declaration on Women's Sex-Based Rights and welcome to our new followers! #SexNotGender
Based on #CEDAW, the Declaration reaffirms women and girls' sex-based rights, and challenges the discrimination we experience from the replacement of the category of sex with that of ‘gender identity.’
We reaffirm motherhood as an exclusively female status. We reaffirm women's and girls' rights to physical and reproductive integrity and oppose their exploitation through surrogacy and related practices.
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#YogakartaPrinsippene
Omfattende prinsipper, aldri behandlet i Stortinget, men likevel implementert i norsk lov og forvaltning.
Hvordan skjedde det?
@BentHHoyre @jonasgahrstore @erna_solberg
#YogakartaPrinsippene
Omfattende prinsipper, aldri behandlet i Stortinget, men likevel implementert i norsk lov og forvaltning.
Hvordan skjedde det?
@BentHHoyre @jonasgahrstore @erna_solberg
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Her fra @bufdir sin hjemmeside. De legger #YogakartaPrinsippene til grunn for alt sitt arbeid. @BentHHoyre @kjellingolf bufdir.no/bibliotek/Doku…
Her fra @bufdir sin hjemmeside. De legger #YogakartaPrinsippene til grunn for alt sitt arbeid. @BentHHoyre @kjellingolf bufdir.no/bibliotek/Doku…
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Det samme gjelder @mittOmbud
Dette har vi fått demonstrert en rekke ganger, når Bjurstrøm mener kvinner som spør hva menn gjør i kvinnegarderoben gjør seg skyldig i hatefull adferd.
#YogakartaPrinsippene
@abidraja @gurimelby @SV_Karin
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Det samme gjelder @mittOmbud
Dette har vi fått demonstrert en rekke ganger, når Bjurstrøm mener kvinner som spør hva menn gjør i kvinnegarderoben gjør seg skyldig i hatefull adferd.
#YogakartaPrinsippene
@abidraja @gurimelby @SV_Karin
ldo.no/en/diskriminer…
The 1st round of negotiations of the @UN_CFS Policy Recommendations on Agroecological and Other Innovative Approaches has started. Follow this thread for highlights from CSM in English, French and Spanish. 👇
#AgroecologyPolicy
#AgroecologyPolicy
We fully support the statements of @FAO and @SwissAmbUN_MIRO noting that assessments of the sustainability of agriculture must be #participatory and #inclusive. Both are basic notions which should be upheld as part of a human rights approach to food systems and nutrition.
Food systems need to be radically transformed through #agroecology, not merely enhanced. Argentina and Brazil's systematic rejection of the terms 'transition' or 'transformation' in the text is alarming!
#FutureIsFoodSovereignty #JustRecovery #AgroecologyPolicy
#FutureIsFoodSovereignty #JustRecovery #AgroecologyPolicy
@IngeWood11 Some advocates misrepresent CEDAW article 1 as addressing female-sex only. Trans women are already protected under this under sex, #GBA+ reflects it in Canada.
Bill C16 prohibits of discrimination due to gender (identity + expression) for everyone.
un.org/womenwatch/daw…
Bill C16 prohibits of discrimination due to gender (identity + expression) for everyone.
un.org/womenwatch/daw…
@IngeWood11 CEDAW's prohibition is discrimination against women ON BASIS of sex, not discrimination ON BASIS OF female sex. Caps for emphasis. Yes, human rights orgs leveraging female-specific discrimination to address women's rights makes sense.
It is not, however, prescribed by CEDAW.
It is not, however, prescribed by CEDAW.
@IngeWood11 UN #CEDAW provides no international convention upholding discrimination against transgender persons because of their sex.
In fact, CEDAW protects ALL trans persons.
This is why Canada and a significant number of other countries protect trans women under sex and under gender.
In fact, CEDAW protects ALL trans persons.
This is why Canada and a significant number of other countries protect trans women under sex and under gender.
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: 🇺🇸 Democracy and Human Rights
🇺🇸 Only one party will make gender equality a key foreign policy priority and work to achieve gender parity across our national security team. 1/13
🇺🇸 Only one party will make gender equality a key foreign policy priority and work to achieve gender parity across our national security team. 1/13
Around the world, democracy and human rights are under greater assault than they have been in a generation. 2/13 #DemPartyPlatform #HumanRights
Under President Trump, the United States has too often been part of the assault and too rarely engaged in the defense and promotion of universal values. 3/13 #DemPartyPlatform #HumanRights #HumanityFirst
Hansard Parliament - PENSIONS BILL - 10 uses of FAIR in the opening paragraphs. Apparently “The concept means different things to different people” 🤷🏼♀️ #50sWomen know to their cost government has no concept of fair. #BackTo60 #FullRestitution 1/7
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“Government chose NOT to accept the amendment which required trustees to make an assessment of the extent to which a scheme is operating in a manner FAIR to all members; it has been REMOVED by Commons Amendment 1.” Could a case be denied on ‘no RIGHT to fairness?’ #BackTo60 2/7
*CHECK OUT*
1) #CEDAWPeoplesTribunal are delighted that long time advocate of women's rights Annette Lawson @AnnetteLawson1 UK Civil Society Women’s Alliance (UKCSWA) took part in Dr Davina Lloyd's livestream interview series on our Facebook page >>facebook.com/groups/7478163…?
1) #CEDAWPeoplesTribunal are delighted that long time advocate of women's rights Annette Lawson @AnnetteLawson1 UK Civil Society Women’s Alliance (UKCSWA) took part in Dr Davina Lloyd's livestream interview series on our Facebook page >>facebook.com/groups/7478163…?
2) Annette Lawson @AnnetteLawson1 talking about her life & work with UKCSWA, @NAWOorg & @JudithTrust with Dr Davina Lloyd on #CEDAWPeoplesTribunal Facebook
"#CEDAW needed more than ever & will be transformative for women & girls now & in the future "
>facebook.com/groups/7478163…
"#CEDAW needed more than ever & will be transformative for women & girls now & in the future "
>facebook.com/groups/7478163…
@AnnetteLawson1 discusses the casual #genderInequality & #Discrimination she experienced.
Overheard from a father after she won a race, aged 7, as one of only 2 girls in her brothers prep school
"What's a girl doing running in the race never mind winning it "
Overheard from a father after she won a race, aged 7, as one of only 2 girls in her brothers prep school
"What's a girl doing running in the race never mind winning it "
There is a plethora of women's groups, many fighting discrimination in their particular area of concern, which in itself speaks volumes
All would benefit from an end to the 40 yr wait for #CEDAW to be written into domestic law
This is where #CEDAWPeoplesTribunal can help/support
All would benefit from an end to the 40 yr wait for #CEDAW to be written into domestic law
This is where #CEDAWPeoplesTribunal can help/support
#CEDAWPeoplesTribunal aims to ensure #CEDAW is written into domestic law, which in turn supports other women's groups by providing
💥a mechanism for challenges to discrimination that is currently lacking
Please follow @CedawPT & share/donate to:
crowdfunder.co.uk/cedaw-peoples-…
💥a mechanism for challenges to discrimination that is currently lacking
Please follow @CedawPT & share/donate to:
crowdfunder.co.uk/cedaw-peoples-…
In addition, #CEDAWPeoplesTribunal aims to ensure #CEDAW is written into domestic law, which in turn supports other women's groups by ALSO providing:
💥a route for redress for both current & historic injustices
Please follow @CedawPT & share/donate to:
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💥a route for redress for both current & historic injustices
Please follow @CedawPT & share/donate to:
crowdfunder.co.uk/cedaw-peoples-…
1)As a 1950`s born man, it depresses me that there is not more public support for CEDAW and #BackTo60. Even allowing for the fact that most people seem unable to see that if the government get away with stealing pensions from a group of people that they see as expendable as ..
2)voting support and then that government will gradually remove state funded pensions for everyone, surely the fact that these women are fighting back deserves support on its own merit. I was a youth in the 1960`s, when the women`s lib movement seemed to offer a much better ..
3)future by highlighting inequality. Sadly, my perspective on that now is that my generation of women generally experienced a life of work at lower income, caring for family, often caring for elderly or disabled relatives, childcare of grandchildren so that their daughters ..
🆕#CEDAW just published a report highlighting that #Mali’s failure to criminalise FGM results in the violation of millions of women and girls’ human rights. @UNHumanRights
Click here for more ➡️ bit.ly/2VfUGfp (1/3)
Click here for more ➡️ bit.ly/2VfUGfp (1/3)
❓Did you know that #Mali 🇲🇱 has the fourth highest FGM prevalence worldwide❓
88% of women & girls there undergo #FGM.
Check out more in our Report "FGM/C: A Call for a Global Response" ➡️ bit.ly/GloblReport (2/3)
88% of women & girls there undergo #FGM.
Check out more in our Report "FGM/C: A Call for a Global Response" ➡️ bit.ly/GloblReport (2/3)
@WHO FGM Cost calculator estimates if FGM is not prevented in #Mali over the next 30 yrs, the health expenditure to treat its complications will double from current 8,36 million to 16,88 million USD❗️❕
📣Urgent action is needed! ➡️ bit.ly/2Vho5WF
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📣Urgent action is needed! ➡️ bit.ly/2Vho5WF
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Here we go. Commencement of provisional measures hearings at the #ICJ: first up, the appointment of the two #judges #adhoc - biographies of Navanethem Pillay & Claus Kress - chosen by #TheGambia & #Myanmar respectively. Art. 31, ICJ #Statute.
Priority of request of indication of provisional measures prioritized over all other cases, balanced with opportunity for parties to be represented. 3 hours per party Tuesday & Wednesday, after which reply on Thursday for each. ICJ Procedure.
No entering into merits of case, stick to requirements for provisional measures.
United States is one of 6 nations that have not yet ratified the international women's rights treaty (#CEDAW). The other countries are Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Palau and Tonga. #InternationalWomensDay
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is a landmark international treaty that affirms principles of fundamental human rights and equality for women. President Carter signed it in 1980 but has never been ratified by the U.S. Senate.
While U.S. record on women's rights is certainly not the worst and far better than many countries that ratified the treaty, it is undeniable that we fall behind in many areas and there is much more to do to achieve gender equality.
Today the #CEDAW committee holds its constructive dialogue with the UK government. We asked our From Global to Local programme participants about their key issues and hopes for the review. #CEDAW72
Elysia McCaffrey of @WomenEqualities assures the committee that the UK government will continue to strive to meet its commitments under #CEDAW, and says it has taken a gender mainstreaming approach to its implementation. #CEDAW72
Elysia McCaffrey of @WomenEqualities: UK has strong human rights policy enshrined in the constitution, and its devolution policy is empowering. #CEDAW #CEDAW72
Good morning from the .@UN 👋 We had an excellent day yesterday preparing for submissions to the CEDAW Committee and today we are back attending #CEDAW72 as the UK government will be appearing before the Committee to answer questions!
We have started now and the UK government is making its 30 minute opening statement. The #metoo movement has already been mentioned! #CEDAW72
The government delegation are highlighting the steps they have taken to promote equality, such as: doubled entitlement of free childcare; committed to assisting individuals have taken time out for caring to return to work; addressing gender pay gap. #CEDAW72
We're at #CEDAW71, and will live-tweet the session. Minister Frankie Campbell has introduced the delegation, thanked NGOs for contributions, and introduced The #Bahamas as the most beautiful place in the world from space (as noted by astronaut Scott Kelly).
#CEDAW242
#CEDAW242
