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Advocacy and lobbying are effective tools for gender advocates, male champions, civil society, and other stakeholders to hold leaders accountable to their commitments on concrete, measurable actions that guarantee women can fully and equally enjoy their rights. These include the ability to exercise freedom and choices, go to school, live free from violence, earn equal pay for equal work, and meaningfully engage in decision-making and political processes. Advocacy groups can collectively put pressure their leaders for legislative reforms to protect and promote women’s rights and concerns, which may require coalition-building, fundraising, civic education, awareness-raising and consensus-building on key issue platforms. Influencing legislation itself may require lobbying to convince policy makers and legislators to address specific issues relevant to gender equality and women’s empowerment, which may involve introducing or revising legislation and policy.

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Beijing+30: Taking Stock of Progress on Gender Equality Using the Global State of Democracy Indices

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April 2, 2025

Beijing+30: Taking Stock of Progress on Gender Equality Using the Global State of Democracy Indices

The Beijing Declaration in 1995 recognized that gender equality is essential to democracy. Yet, 30 years later, progress remains uneven and at risk, with backlash against gender equality and democratic values threatening hard-won gains.

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The Beijing Declaration in 1995 recognized that gender equality is essential to democracy. Yet, 30 years later, progress remains uneven and at risk, with backlash against gender equality and democratic values threatening hard-won gains.

Explanation of Position on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Political Declaration

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March 31, 2025

Explanation of Position on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Political Declaration

New York, New York

March 10, 2025

AS PREPARED

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New York, New York

March 10, 2025

AS PREPARED

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AU Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

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AU Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

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A summary

The African Union strategy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) 2018-2028 which was launched during the AU Summit February 2019 is based on an inclusive and multisectoral approach and builds on the lessons learned from the 2009 gender policy. It is transformational in that its outcomes aim to mitigate, if not eliminate the major constraints hindering gender equality and women’s empowerment, so that women and girls may participate fully in economic activities, political affairs and social endeavours.

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A summary

The African Union strategy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) 2018-2028 which was launched during the AU Summit February 2019 is based on an inclusive and multisectoral approach and builds on the lessons learned from the 2009 gender policy. It is transformational in that its outcomes aim to mitigate, if not eliminate the major constraints hindering gender equality and women’s empowerment, so that women and girls may participate fully in economic activities, political affairs and social endeavours.

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Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty

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Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty

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Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy compulsory veiling using arbitrary detention, unjust prosecution, flogging, and even the death penalty in a bid to quash Iran’s women’s rights movement, Amnesty International said today.

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Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy compulsory veiling using arbitrary detention, unjust prosecution, flogging, and even the death penalty in a bid to quash Iran’s women’s rights movement, Amnesty International said today.

CSW69 Interactive Dialogue: Participation, accountability, and gender-responsive institutions

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March 19, 2025

CSW69 Interactive Dialogue: Participation, accountability, and gender-responsive institutions

69th Commission on the Status of Women

Interactive Dialogue: Participation, accountability, and gender-responsive institutions

18 March 2025, UNHQ, New York

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69th Commission on the Status of Women

Interactive Dialogue: Participation, accountability, and gender-responsive institutions

18 March 2025, UNHQ, New York

Women’s Rights in South Asia – Progress, Politics & Patriarchy | International Women’s Day Special

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March 18, 2025

Women’s Rights in South Asia – Progress, Politics & Patriarchy | International Women’s Day Special

Feminism in South Asia has been a powerful force for change, but it continues to face significant challenges.

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Feminism in South Asia has been a powerful force for change, but it continues to face significant challenges.

Call for papers - Women's role in politics and public life

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March 17, 2025

Call for papers - Women's role in politics and public life

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Roopa Dhatt, MD, MPA, Georgetown University, USA
Anna Kalbarczyk, DrPH, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, USA

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Guest Editors
Roopa Dhatt, MD, MPA, Georgetown University, USA
Anna Kalbarczyk, DrPH, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, USA

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Confronting backlash against women’s rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality

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Confronting backlash against women’s rights, 193 nations commit to speed action on gender equality

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Confronting a rising backlash against women’s rights, the U.N.’s 193 member nations made a commitment Monday to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender equality.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Confronting a rising backlash against women’s rights, the U.N.’s 193 member nations made a commitment Monday to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender equality.

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