Universal Periodic Review of Niger
Niger will undergo its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in May 2021. This joint report that WILPF Niger and ONG Femmes, Actions et Développement submitted to the UPR Working Group provides […]
HRC46: Statement to the General Dialogue on the Agenda Item 7 (Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories)
WILPF submitted this oral statement together with the General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW) to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council regarding the General Dialogue (GD) on […]
HRC46: Statement to the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report of Libya
WILPF submitted this oral statement jointly with Together We Build It (TWBI) to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council regarding the adoption of the third cycle of […]
HRC46: International’s Women Day 2021 – Joint NGO statement
On 8 March, Joy Onyesoh, WILPF President, delivered a joint NGO statement during the HRC’s Observance of International Women’s Day, on behalf of: the Center for Reproductive Rights; Commission for […]
HRC46: Statement on Colombia
In this statement, Diana María Salcedo López, Director of LIMPAL (WILPF) Colombia, highlights three key concerns: threats faced by women human rights defenders; violence against women, in particular the exponential […]
Submission to the CEDAW Committee pre-session on Italy
Submission to the CEDAW Committee 8th (virtual) pre-sessional Working Group (1-5 March 2021). List of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR). Download the submission.
Commission on the Status of Women 65th session Statement
Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”. […]
Policy brief: Sexual Violence by Force of Arms Against Women in Syria: A Tool of Political Repression, Social Dismantling and Impoverishment of Women and Communities
The policy brief aims to present a feminist approach based on a gendered analysis of sexual violence crimes in Syria. This policy brief is a product of collaboration between ‘Dawlaty’ […]
Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Resolution 1325 (2000)
Letter from NGO WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY Download a PDF version of the open letter Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations on the occasion […]
HRC45: Statement on Yemen
Statement to UN Human Rights Council 45th session (14 September – 7 October 2020) Item 2. Interactive dialogue on the report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts […]