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Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
2017
Ten-page PDF submission on the impact of fundamentalism and extremism on women’s human rights, with a focus on cultural rights.
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Stories of Change: Women’s Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN Project
2017
A 28-page booklet in PDF format which shares, country by country, key achievements of the Women’s Economic Leadership and Empowerment in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (WEL in ASEAN) project.
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Key Issues and Recommendations Concerning Rights of Women Migrant Workers In ASEAN
2017
24-page booklet in PDF format, covering themes such as care and domestic work, and access to justice, healthcare and information.
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Joint Submission on Access to Remedy
2017
Five-page PDF of submission by IWRAW Asia Pacific, the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights and others to the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on Access to Remedy. Includes examples of how women experience corporate human rights abuses differently from men and makes recommendations […]
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IWRAW AP’s Final Submission to CESCR on General Comment
2017
Six-page PDF of Submission of Comments and Suggestions to the Draft of General Comment on State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities, submitted on behalf of IWRAW Asia Pacific and other organisations and individuals.
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Outcome Document of the 2017 Global South Women’s Forum On Sustainable Development
2017
29-page outcome document, in PDF format, of the 2nd Annual Global South Women’s Forum on Sustainable Development. The document draws on the insights of the participants, united by two fundamental convictions: firstly, that gender equality should be integrated, interlinked and indivisible both in human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and secondly, that in […]
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Outcome Document of the 2016 Global South Women’s Forum On Sustainable Development
2017
64-page outcome document, in PDF format, of the inaugural Global South Women’s Forum on Sustainable Development. It records the stories of the lives of women in the Global South, contrasted against the words of the Member States of the United Nations, who promised to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
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Elements of Responses to Gender-based Violence Against Women (GBVAW) based on a Strategic Consultation to Develop a Global Response to GBVAW
2017
24-page PDF covering topics such as increasing extremisms, shrinking democratic space, and gaps between international legal framework and domestic laws and in implementation of laws.
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Corporate Power and the Space for Women’s Human Rights Activism
2017
62-page discussion paper in PDF format, aimed at beginning a conversation about how women’s rights activists and organisations can address the growing power and influence of the private sector in order to protect women’s human rights.
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Corporate Accountability for Women’s Human Rights
2017
50-page PDF which outlines regional and global developments affecting corporate responsibility and accountability for women’s human rights; the history of the UN’s work on business and human rights; and case studies and strategies for drawing accountability for violations of human rights in the context of business activities.
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