Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

This is a report on the 46th United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD), under the theme "New trends in migration: demographic aspects". Specifically, the report discusses the conservative and narrow views that rights- based groups face in regarding the role of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) in the lives of female migrants. The author details why SRHRs matter to the vulnerable female migrant population, and advocates for their inclusion in a migrant's general right to health and security. She further explains, and

Yasmine Flitti, Director of Finance and Administration with Comede (Committee for the Health of Exiles), speaks to the challenges of migration in the Mediterranean region from a feminist perspective. In the past two years there has been a steep increase in the number of recorded missing or murdered migrants in the Mediterranean, accounting for over 75% of the total number of missing or dead migrants worldwide in 2013. Flitti blames European policies that impede population flows and the political unrest on the southern shores of the Mediterranean, particularly in Libya. She

In April 2012, the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) and the Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) collaborated to raise awareness and support for women's rights activism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This report synthesizes and presents the discussions of MENA scholars and activists from pre-meeting consultations and Forum Strategy Sessions dedicated to the MENA region prior to the AWID 2012 World Forum. Over 100 women's rights leaders from 18 MENA countries as well as from sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Europe, and South Asia

This article discusses the particular vulnerabilities of "women human rights defenders" (WHRDs) and their need for support from the broader global community. The article outlines ten ways current responses to protect WHRDs at risk can be strengthened. In particular, the document advocates for grassroots community support for WHRDs. The article also includes a table of existing responses by seventeen women's rights organizations and the measures that they have taken to protect WHRDs as a vulnerable group. The chart indicates the availability of support

In this report, the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) explores the obligations that states have with respect to international human rights treaties and conventions, especially in relation to cultural, social and religious norms that can undermine the protection and extension of these rights for women and other marginalized individuals. They affirm the precedence that human rights have over social, cultural, or religious norms, and posit that states are required to take positive steps to ensure that fundamental rights are realized. The AWID

This is the Association for Women in Development's (AWID) comment on the report released by the Secretary General of the United Nations entitled "A life of dignity for all: Accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015". The AWID is generally supportive of the report and applauds its emphasis on integrating human rights into the post 2015 development agenda. They also recognize that the report's contents extend beyond the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by providing a more

This document gives an overview of the concept of "intersectionality" and how the concept can be used by advocates to address the multiple forms of oppression experienced by women. The document begins by describing that intersectionality encompasses the idea that people can simultaneously experience oppression and privilege depending on the context of the situation. The document contends that intersectionality is an important theoretical tool because it more accurately reflects the reality of the discrimination faced by different women.