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 Filipino Migrant Workers-International (CFMW); Fondazione Pangea Onlus-REAMA network; Franciscans International; International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF); International Service for Human Rights (ISHR); International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific); MenEngage Alliance; Plan International; RESPECT Network Europe; Sexual Rights Initiative; Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe (TMP-E); Women and Media Collective; and WILPF.
In the statement, we called on all governments to take immediate action on two of the most urgent threats facing women and girls in 2021: the deeply intertwined issues of economic injustice and environmental destruction.
Download the statement.