“Justification was not provided”: Visa Inequalities and the Violation of the Rights of Global South Activists to Representation at the United Nations in Geneva, 2023-2024
February 2025
This document is a follow-up to the shadow report submitted by IWRAW Asia Pacific in September 2022 for Switzerland’s review during the 83rd CEDAW session. Titled ‘Switzerland as Gatekeeper: The impact of visa application processes on Global South civil society representation at the United Nations’, the report addressed Switzerland’s unique position as host to the […]
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Bordering Rights: The globalised double standards of visa regimes
November 2024
“It takes less than a century, it seems, to see the absence of freedom as a natural condition” – Speranta Dumitru, ‘When World Leaders Thought You Shouldn’t Need Passports or Visas’, The Conversation, 27 September 2016. In today’s interconnected world, everyone should have the freedom to travel and pursue opportunities, regardless of nationality or origin. […]
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The UK’s Extraterritorial Obligations and the Right to Health in a Time of Polycrisis
August 2024
This report was submitted on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine Campaign (FPV), of which IWRAW Asia Pacific is a member, and the Campaign Against Racism (CAR), to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) in advance of its consideration of the 18th and 19th periodic reports of the […]
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Joint civil society statement: Repeal punitive laws against poverty and inequality
July 2024
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 […]
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From Voices to Demands: Outcomes of the Global Tribunal of Women Workers
May 2024
In late 2022, IWRAW Asia Pacific, in collaboration with 28 organisations, convened the Global Tribunal of Women Workers during our annual Global South Women’s Forum. The Global Tribunal was a collaborative, constituency-led, transnational and cross-movement initiative which remained steadfast in centring the lived experiences of women workers. Their stories set out to make visible the […]
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Women Gaining Ground: Written submission on the draft of CEDAW General Recommendation no. 40
May 2024
This written submission is made on behalf of Women Gaining Ground (WGG), a Global South-led consortium of three organisations (CREA, Akili Dada, and IWRAW Asia Pacific) and 16 strategic partners with deep experience in feminist leadership, movement building, advocacy, and working with structurally excluded groups. WGG is collaborating in a five-year programme (2021-2025), in five […]
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CEDAW shadow report guidelines on the rights of LBTI+ women, trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people
March 2024
This 19-page PDF provides article-specific guidance to NGOs who aim to engage with the CEDAW review process with a view to the rights of lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women, and non-binary and gender-diverse people. Also available in Spanish.
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CEDAW Elections Guide 2024
February 2024
Eleven new CEDAW Committee members will be elected on 7 June 2024 at the 23rd Meeting of States parties in New York. Newly elected Committee members will replace outgoing members whose terms of office will expire on 31 December 2024. Although the election process remains state-driven, there exist avenues for NGO involvement in the nomination […]
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CEDAW Principle of Non-Discrimination
January 2024
Adapted from the original video by IWRAW Asia Pacific and produced by the Rwanda National Association of Deaf Women, this video explains the CEDAW principle of non-discrimination. Duration: 6:29 Voiceover: English Subtitles: None
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CEDAW Principle of Substantive Equality
January 2024
Adapted from the original video by IWRAW Asia Pacific and produced by the Rwanda National Association of Deaf Women, this video explains the CEDAW principle of substantive equality. Duration: 5:31 Voiceover: English Subtitles: None
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