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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Covid has eroded the gender progress of the last 25 years – bodily autonomy is still a human right

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April 19, 2021

Covid has eroded the gender progress of the last 25 years – bodily autonomy is still a human right

The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women and girls' access to sexual and reproductive health services, writes Asa Regner,

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Why we need more women in parties in order to close the political gender gap with Tanushree Goyal

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 08:47

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April 16, 2021

Why we need more women in parties in order to close the political gender gap with Tanushree Goyal

#WomenLead Conversations is a series of interviews with leading experts who

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Afghan peace summit includes just one female delegate

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 04/14/2021 - 03:56

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Afghan peace summit includes just one female delegate

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A three-day conference aimed at breathing life into Afghanistan’s stalled peace process has been launched in Moscow, but Afghan human rights activists have raised the alarm that the delegates included just one woman.

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UN’s largest gathering on women’s rights delivers robust blueprint on strengthening women’s leadership and participation in public life

Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/29/2021 - 11:59

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UN’s largest gathering on women’s rights delivers robust blueprint on strengthening women’s leadership and participation in public life

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New York, 26 March – Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, world leaders issued today a strong pledge for women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life and the elimination of violence at the closing of the 65th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), as the countdown for the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico (29 - 31 March) begins.

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Women’s absence from COVID-19 task forces will perpetuate gender divide, says UNDP, UN Women

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 06:04

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Women’s absence from COVID-19 task forces will perpetuate gender divide, says UNDP, UN Women

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New York City – Men outnumber women three to one across COVID-19 government task forces around the world. Such disproportionate representation will hamper women’s recovery from the pandemic, according to new data released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women, and the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at the University of Pittsburgh.

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UN Women urges world to press gender equality post-pandemic

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 05:15

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UN Women urges world to press gender equality post-pandemic

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality should be tackling the yawning gap between men and women when it comes to political leadership and ensuring women have a strong voice in rebuilding economies after the COVID-19 pandemic – not arguing about preserving sexual and reproductive rights for women as it is doing now, the head of UN Women says.

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On International Women’s Day, OSCE leaders call for strengthening women’s leadership to achieve peace and security for all

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 05:47

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On International Women’s Day, OSCE leaders call for strengthening women’s leadership to achieve peace and security for all

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STOCKHOLM/VIENNA/WARSAW, 8 March 2021 – The role of women as leaders, particularly in peace building and conflict prevention, is essential to achieve prosperous and peaceful societies, and to guarantee the strength of our democracies, say OSCE officials on the occasion of International Women’s Day.