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Advocacy & Lobbying

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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The Cost Of Backlash: How Roll-Backs On Women’s Rights Deepen Sexual Violence In Somaliland

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February 19, 2026

The Cost Of Backlash: How Roll-Backs On Women’s Rights Deepen Sexual Violence In Somaliland

Over the past decade Somaliland has seen a worrying convergence of political exclusion for women and active pushback against progressive sexual-offences laws and gender-equity measures.

Over the past decade Somaliland has seen a worrying convergence of political exclusion for women and active pushback against progressive sexual-offences laws and gender-equity measures.

https://www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/close-the-gender-pay-gap-to-strengthen-europe-s-competitiveness
February 19, 2026
Close the gender pay gap to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness

“Closing the gender pay and pension gaps is not only a matter of fairness, but also a strategic economic necessity for Europe’s competitiveness, growth, and fiscal sustainability,” said Mirosława Nykiel MEP, negotiator of the report on gender pay and pension gaps in Parliament’s Committee on Wome

https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news/ensuring-justice-and-equality-all-women-and-girls
February 19, 2026
Ensuring justice and equality for all women and girls

At its January 2026 plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted a resolution outlining the EU’s priorities for the 70th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW70).

https://hawarnews.com/en/national-international-campaign-to-include-womens-rights-in-new-syrian-constitution
February 19, 2026
National, international campaign to include women’s rights in new Syrian constitution

The Joint Platform of Women’s Movements and Organizations in Rojava and North and East Syria announced the launch of a national and international campaign demanding the safeguarding of women’s rights in a new Syria and emphasizing women’s active participation in drafting the anticipate

Delivering as one: United Nations system progress on ending violence against women and girls (2019–2024)

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February 19, 2026

Delivering as one: United Nations system progress on ending violence against women and girls (2019–2024)

This brief provides an overview of how the UN system has advanced global efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) over the past five years.

This brief provides an overview of how the UN system has advanced global efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) over the past five years.

https://borgenproject.org/tamil-nadu-tic/
February 19, 2026
Women’s Rights Initiatives in India: The Tamil Nadu TiC Council

In India, authorities often discuss gender inequality as a multifaceted problem, requiring a multifaceted solution. The existence of multiple social differences, such as caste and class, makes it more complex.

https://monacolife.net/womens-rights-in-monaco-a-snapshot-of-progress-and-challenges-in-2025/
February 19, 2026
Women’s rights in Monaco: A snapshot of progress and challenges in 2025

The youngest victim of gender-based violence in Monaco last year was just six years old. The oldest 80.

https://lac.unwomen.org/en/stories/noticia/2026/02/northern-haiti-towards-justice-access-for-sexual-gender-violence-survivors
February 19, 2026
Northern Haiti: towards justice access for sexual gender violence survivors

Never before had litigants, coming from the remote communal sections of Quartier Morin, Limbé, and Fort-Bourgeois, had access to justice so close and free of charge.

https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/ghana-hosts-ecowas-consultation-on-gender-parity-in-politics/
February 18, 2026
Ghana hosts ECOWAS consultation on gender parity in politics

A two-day expert meeting on regional consultation on the political participation and leadership of women and youth in West Africa has been opened in Accra.