Unpacking Feminism in Water Governance
This blog post is adapted from a presentation given by IWRAW Asia Pacific Programme Officer, Marisa Hutchinson at Oxfam’s Mekong Water Resources Governance Program’s virtual webinar on Feminism in Water Governance held in June 2021. Access to water is and will always be a feminist issue At the Global South Women’s Forum 2021, Sim Socheata […]
“The success of women’s work rests on political co-optability”: Lessons from overturning Kazakhstan’s ban on women’s employment
On 12 October 2021, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a set of amendments to the Labour Code of Kazakhstan, lifting the ban on employment of women in 229 professions. The Law, officially named On Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan On Issues of Social Protection of Certain Categories […]