May 16, 2024
Rights At Risk: Safeguarding Libyan women’s rights in times of crisis
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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May 2, 2024
We shouldn’t have to beg or negotiate for women rights
Africa Renewal: What best practices you would you like to share with other countries regarding your government’s work to empower women?
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Africa Renewal: What best practices you would you like to share with other countries regarding your government’s work to empower women?
April 29, 2024
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Empowering women in politics: building leadership for gender equality in Uzbekistan
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