Category: International

Celebrating International Migrants Day 2014

The 15th Annual International Migrants Day was celebrated by the Action Network for Migrant Workers (ACTFORM) and Women and Media Collective (WMC) in Colombo at the Mahaveli Centre. As the country prepares for the 2015 presidential elections ACTFORM reminds us that migrant workers are deprived of their voting privileges. Being one of the larger foreign … Continue reading Celebrating International Migrants Day 2014

Let’s ensure migrant workers voting rights! (IMD 2014)

Let us commemorate the International Migrant Workers’ Day on 18 December 2014! In 2014 we celebrate the fifteenth International Migrant Workers’ Day (IMWD). The United Nations Organisation declared 18 December as IMWD in 2000. Since then many states in the world, especially countries of origin, celebrate this day dedicated to migrant workers. The great contribution … Continue reading Let’s ensure migrant workers voting rights! (IMD 2014)

Women’s Tribunal in Nepal hears from survivors of sexual violence

Women’s Tribunal in Nepal hears from survivors of sexual violence during Nepal’s armed conflict, makes broad recommendations for policy and legal reform A Tribunal hosted by the Nepalese National Human Rights Commission and convened by Nepalese organisations WOREC, National Alliance for Women Human Rights Defenders,Nagarik Awaj, and Advocacy Forum on 8 December heard testimony from … Continue reading Women’s Tribunal in Nepal hears from survivors of sexual violence

Civil Society Steering Committee statement on the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

4 December 2014 The Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing +20 Review provided a historic opportunity for governments and civil society to undertake an honest review of the structural barriers that prevent gender equality and violate women’s human rights. The meeting was intended to improve accountability for implementation of the … Continue reading Civil Society Steering Committee statement on the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Asia Pacific Beijing + 20 Civil Society Forum Statement

16 November 2014 Women’s rights organisations and movements from Asia and the Pacific, comprising 480 women, gathered in Bangkok on 14-16 November 2014 to call on our governments for accountability for the commitments made almost twenty years ago in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to advance gender equality and the rights of women … Continue reading Asia Pacific Beijing + 20 Civil Society Forum Statement