Fight hunger and discrimination by empowering women – Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food
In rural areas around the world it is often men who migrate first to cities in search of waged labour. When they do so, it falls to women to sustain...
CSW57, MGDs and Gendered Poverty
One of the themes the delegates at CSW57 will be confronting over the next two weeks are the challenge of de facto achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for...
57th Session of Commission on the Status of Women begins today: OxHRH CSW57 presents a special themed post series
The 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57) begins today. As delegates from around the world convene at the United Nations Headquarters between 4 to 15...
Women’s Rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council: A Dialogue
By Nazila Ghanea – On Wednesday 27 February the Women’s Rights Research Seminar (WRRS) at Oxford held its last seminar of the term. The seminar took a new form and...
US Congress Reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act
By Chelsea Purvis – The United States Congress has for many months been debating the future of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). As I explained in my previous post,...
Protecting the Labour Rights and Human Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers – A Labour Regulation Approach
By Professor Judy Fudge – Women who cross national borders in order to work in the households of other peoples’ families are very vulnerable to exploitation.Their precarious work situation is...
Weakening Protections for Victims of Gender-Based Violence in the United States?
By Chelsea Purvis – The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is the principle federal law addressing gender-based violence in the United States. But for the first time since its enactment...
Violence Against Women in South Africa: President Zuma and the ANC Still Have Not Got the Message
By Nabihah Iqbal – The recent tragedy of Anene Booysen has brought widespread attention to the pandemic of violence, especially sexual violence, against women in South Africa, a country labelled...
A Quick Overview
Blog posts have been coming in thick and fast over the last month. To help you get up to speed, the editorial team has put together a quick summary of...
Lifting As We Climb
Upon the formation of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, the chosen motto read: Lifting As We Climb. This principle was guided by the aspiration that the movement of...
Disappointing Departures from the Verma Committee Report
The Union Cabinet of the Government of India has cleared an ordinance making changes to India’s rape laws. This comes a few days after the Justice Verma Committee submitted...
Clarifying the Law on Consent in The Verma Report
After the tragedy of the gang rape in Delhi on December 16, 2012, the Committee on Amendments to Criminal Law (The Verma Report) has submitted recommendations to the Prime Minister...
