#Gender backlash underscores urgency to achieve equality for women & girls, says UN Working Group on discrimination against women & girls in United Nations Human Rights Council | 📍#HRC57 report. The status quo that fails to fulfill human rights & fundamental freedoms is unacceptable. ➡️ ow.ly/306350SrunP

Gender Backlash Underscore Urgency to Achive Substantive Equality for Women and Girls, UN WG on discrimination against women and girls Tells United Nations Human Rights Council. WATCH Dorothy Estrada Tanck’s full statement to #HRC56⤵️ youtu.be/4bR58PsD6JU?si…

#Malaysia 🇲🇾: the proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution on women’s citizenship rights must be improved and applied in accordance with intl. human rights law – UN experts UN WG on discrimination against women and girls spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

♀ #HRC56 Alarming trends voiced by the WG on #discrimination against #women & #girls 🔹 mounting violence against women & girls activists 🔹 sexist comments made more casually 🔹 anti-gender talk on the rise More insights in our report 👉gchragd.org/wp-content/upl… Dorothy Estrada Tanck

New #HRC56 report by UN WG on discrimination against women and girls paints a sobering picture about escalating gender backlash, which has reached extreme proportions in certain countries, & charts the path towards equal enjoyment of all human rights for women & girls. ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/h…

Upholding ban on female genital mutilation #FGM in The Gambia 🇬🇲 is another historic win & a testament to the determination & tenacity of #Gambian women & girls, women civil society organisations & their allies, say #HumanRights experts. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

The UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls UN WG on discrimination against women and girls will conduct its first official visit to the #DominicanRepublic 🇩🇴 from 22 to 31 July 2024. ohchr.org/en/media-advis…

#USA: Free speech on campus must be protected, not attacked - UN experts express grave concern at the massive crackdown on pro-#Palestinian student protests at #university campuses across the US. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

#DominicanRepublic: The Dominican Republic has made significant advances in the rights of women and girls but must step up efforts to build a culture of gender equality and freedom from violence-UN experts: t.ly/ktyEP

#RepúblicaDominicana: La República Dominicana ha logrado avances significativos en los derechos de las mujeres y las niñas, pero debe redoblar esfuerzos para construir una cultura de igualdad de género y libre de violencia-expertas de la ONU: t.ly/UTvCV

Sports bodies must pushback against the Taliban’s ban on women & girls in #Afghanistan participating in all sports - UN experts call for decisive action. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

🇭🇹#Haïti: Nous sommes préoccupées par le manque d'inclusion significative des femmes dans le processus de transition politique, y compris au sein du #CPT et des postes ministériels. Pour une transition réussie, les voix des femmes et des filles doivent être écoutées et entendues.

🇭🇹#Haiti: We are concerned by the lack of meaningful inclusion of women in the political transition process, including in the Transitional Presidential Council and ministerial positions. To ensure a successful transition, women and girls’ voices must be front and centre.

#Sudan: UN experts warn of the devastating lack of adeq­­uate care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. All parties to the conflict must immediately cease attacks against women first responders & human rights defenders. ➡️ ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Femicide exists in many societies as violence and discrimination against women and girls continue to be accepted, tolerated and justified. We urge States to prevent femicide and punish perpetrators. africa.unwomen.org/en/stories/sta…

We stand with the UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett in defending the #humanrights of women and girls in #Afghanistan. We must stay strong to fight opression, persecution and #gender apartheid.

📢 Join us in this session on #gender apartheid on 13 September - with Afghan women @DrSimaSamar and @azadahhrm, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett and UN WG on discrimination against women and girls member and former Chair Dorothy Estrada Tanck. Let us all keep alive the struggle for women's and girls rights in #Afghanistan!

In light of #EqualPayDay, we must redouble our efforts to close the gender pay gap worldwide. As emphasized in our 2023 report on gendered inequalities of poverty, women are entitled to equal pay for equal work—now is the time to end wage discrimination! #GenderEquality

A real privilege to get to interview Dorothy Estrada Tanck from the UN WG on discrimination against women and girls as part of EUniWell funded project on gender equality! We talked about the dangerous road from gender backlash to gender apartheid. tinyurl.com/yak2t4rm

📢Call for Inputs📢 We are gathering inputs for the Working Group’s upcoming visit to #Thailand 🇹🇭 from 2-13 December 2024 📅 Deadline: 23 October 2024 📧 Send to: [email protected] 👉More info: ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i…