Women’s rights
The World at a Crossroads: Women have the solutions – press release
We, sixty women representing thirteen countries spanning the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, together with our colleagues from Europe and North America, gathered together in Turkey at the Third Annual Forum on Women’s Rights, Peace and Security have one word to share with the world: Enough.
Thursday، 20 November، 2014Follow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and Full Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcome of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly, G.A. Res. 60/140, U.N. Doc. A/RES/60/140 (Feb. 7, 2006
Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly The General Assembly, Recalling […]
Tuesday، 5 August، 2014Further Actions and Initiatives to Implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, G.A. Res. 23/10 (special session), U.N. Doc. A/RES/S-23/3 (Nov. 16, 2000).
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action The General Assembly Adopts the further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, annexed to the present resolution. I. Introduction […]
Tuesday، 5 August، 2014Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth World Conference on Women, 15 September 1995, A/CONF.177/20 (1995) and A/CONF.177/20/Add.1 (1995).
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, Beijing, 15 September 1995 Chapter 1 Mission Statement Chapter 2 Global Framework Chapter 3 Critical […]
Tuesday، 5 August، 2014THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN – A REFERENCE GUIDE TO OFFICIAL UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS
United Nations Charter (excerpts) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (excerpts) International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (excerpts) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (excerpts) Convention on the Rights of the Child (excerpts) […]
Tuesday، 5 August، 2014Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 193 U.N.T.S. 135, entered into force July 7, 1954.
The Contracting Parties, Desiring to implement the principle of equality of rights for men and women contained in the Charter of the United Nations, Recognizing that everyone has the right to take part in the […]
Tuesday، 5 August، 2014Interview with Nawal El Saadawi: “They don’t want any really courageous people!”
Source. Quantara.de The spirited Egyptian author and feminist Nawal El Saadawi is not afraid of castigating the hypocrisy of the political system and the continued violations of women’s rights in her country. Arian Fariborz spoke […]
Saturday، 10 May، 2014Iraq: gendering authoritarianism
Source: Open Democracy Women in Iraq bear the brunt of increasing levels of gender-based violence, inadequate infrastructure and poverty. Yet women activists recognize that their struggle for equality and social justice as women cannot be […]
Monday، 13 January، 2014128th Goftegu Public Debate: Women’s political participation & preservation of achievements, Human Rights Week – Report
Sima Samar, Head of AIHRC: the greatest achievement of the post-Taliban decade is the emergence of a new State system in Afghanistan.
Wednesday، 11 December، 2013Fighting For Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
The Afghan state has failed to protect women from violence. 12 years after the Taliban’s ouster, despite international support & the hard work of human rights activists, equal protection & equal benefit of the law are notable by their absence for majority of Afghan women.
Sunday، 27 October، 2013
