advocacy

Nobel Peace Laureates Call for a Fair Trial for Berta Cáceres

The Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call on the Honduran government to ensure a just trial for those charged with the murder of Berta Cáceres, land and human rights defender assassinated in 2016.

Topic:

Alliance-building, Violence, Women human rights defenders

Keywords:

advocacy, impunity, indigenous, militarism, violence

Recommendations for the implementation of the UN Human Rights Defender Declaration

Read the recommendations of 32 women defenders to states and to the United Nations on how to implement the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and protect women activists from violence.

Topic:

Gender equality, Women human rights defenders, Violence

Keywords:

advocacy, civil society, democracy & elections, gender based violence, united nations, safety

#CollectivePower at the UN: Women Activists Demand to be Heard

This week, 20 years after the United Nations adopted the Resolution on Human Rights Defenders and 5 years after the Resolution on Women Human Rights Defenders, 32 women activists and human rights defenders gather to mark the anniversary. From indigenous leaders protecting their land to women of color organizing for racial justice, these activists – bold defensoras from 18 different countries – bring deep knowledge of the struggle for justice and their own experiences crea

Topic:

Alliance-building, Empowerment, Women human rights defenders

Keywords:

advocacy, collective power, environment, globalization, violence against women

Women and Climate Justice

"We cannot fight climate justice without upholding the democratic rights of women who are on the frontlines of climate change," writes JASS Southeast Asia regional co-coordinator Zeph Repollo in this analysis piece on climate justice.

Topic:

Alliance-building, Economic justice, Women human rights defenders

Keywords:

advocacy, environment, neoliberalism, political & economic organizing, united nations

Rebelling for the Right to Education

From #GrantsNotDebt in the UK to #FeesMustFall in South Africa, New York to Sao Paolo, students are mobilising to fight for their right to education. Long-time student activist, Evernice Munando of the Female Students Network Trust reflects on the big issues for Zimbabwean women students today.

Topic:

Feminism, Feminist movement-building

Keywords:

advocacy, gender based violence, organizing and mobilizing, right to education