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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How Women's Basic Rights And Freedom Are Being Eroded Around The World

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November 21, 2024

How Women's Basic Rights And Freedom Are Being Eroded Around The World

From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for women are being eroded as governments start rolling back existing laws.

November 10, 2024

€171,000 to encourage women from rural Ireland into politics

Funding of €171,162 has been announced for the Longford-based See Her Elected (SHE), in support of their work in supporting and encouraging the participation of women from rural Ireland in local politics.

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Comparative analysis of the current legal frameworks in Latin America to fight online gender violence and support women’s leadership in public life

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October 30, 2024

Comparative analysis of the current legal frameworks in Latin America to fight online gender violence and support women’s leadership in public life

Multiple studies show that the use of social media has a negative impact on the political leadership of women and girls in Latin America.

October 28, 2024

Women’s voices rising without fear: our goal and challenge for peace and security

Today, we commemorate the United Nations Day. We are reminded of the UN's noble mission to promote peace, human rights and development for all.

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October 28, 2024

Women Are Leading the Resistance Against Executions in Iran

Amid Iran’s heightened, unconscionable mass scale of executions and a growing abolitionist campaign of resistance led from within the country’s prisons, Iran’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence for

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October 16, 2024

Legal barriers hinder fight against femicide in Nigeria and Kenya

Across Africa, women are being murdered at alarming rates, often by intimate partners or a male family member.

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October 16, 2024

Inside the wardrobe: Women’s clothing increasingly policed in Tajikistan

Many women in Tajikistan are subject to all-encompassing control over nearly every aspect of their daily lives: from husbands, family members, and the state.

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October 16, 2024

Argentina only G20 country that refuses to sign gender equality statement

Argentina was the only G20 member country that refused to sign a gender equality and women empowerment statement put forward by Brazil on Monday. The document includes a list of commitments aimed at “ending gender-based violence and misogyny.”

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October 16, 2024

World Bank fails to incorporate key elements of new Gender Strategy in IDA21 policy package and Corporate Scorecard

The World Bank Group (WBG) released its final 2024-2030 Gender Strategy

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