Border CTRL: Citizenship as a site of exclusion

Concluding this series on the Global South Women’s Forum (GSWF) 2023, we explore the theme of citizenship as a site of exclusion. This final instalment provides a snapshot of the diverse and often challenging experiences of women from and across the Global South as they navigate discriminatory nationality laws and visa regimes. The discussions were rich […]

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Border CTRL: Carceral violence in border regimes

In the second instalment of our three-part blog series, we go deeper into the pervasive issue of carceral violence within border regimes. Building upon the foundations laid in our first post, which examined a global preoccupation with the documentation of migrants, travellers, and other non-citizens, we explore how systemic oppression and profit-driven incentives intersect to […]

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The UK’s Extraterritorial Obligations and the Right to Health in a Time of Polycrisis

This report was submitted on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine Campaign, of which IWRAW Asia Pacific is a member, and the Campaign Against Racism, to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) in advance of its review of the UK. It focuses on the right to health in the context of the ongoing ‘post’-pandemic crisis regarding access to medicines; a growing global debt crisis; and the crisis of impunity in relation to the Palestinian genocide.

Read the report in Word or PDF format.

Joint Civil Society Statement: Repeal punitive laws against poverty and inequality

In June 2024, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing issued their study Breaking the cycle: Ending the criminalization of homelessness and poverty. This study was welcomed by the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network, Harm Reduction International, IWRAW Asia Pacific and the Sexual Rights Initiative, who jointly prepared a statement of support.

Watch the video or read the text of the statement.

90th CEDAW Session

Belarus, Belize, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nepal, Sri Lanka (February 2025)

92nd CEDAW Pre-Sessional Working Group

Argentina, Austria, Dominica, Iraq, Lithuania, Qatar, Togo, Zambia (February 2025)

91st CEDAW Session (States parties to be confirmed)

Afghanistan, Botswana, Chad, Mexico, Monaco, San Marino, Thailand (June 2025)

93rd CEDAW Pre-Sessional Working Group

Angola, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Paraguay, Poland, Syria (July 2025)

92nd CEDAW Session

Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Iraq, Lesotho, Lithuania, Netherlands, Vietnam (October 2025)

94th CEDAW Pre-Sessional Working Group

Brunei, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Sierra Leone (October 2025)