Montevideo +1: Communicating Youth Priorities in Peru
Tania Pariona of REOJIP is helping indigenous youth activists effectively communicate and advocate for the priorities and recommendations agreed to by the Peruvian government in the Montevideo Consensus.
Keeping UNICEF’s Promise to Girls: 5 Key Actions for New UNICEF Director
In this challenging environment, strong leadership of the UN organization charged with promoting the human rights and well-being of every child is particularly vital. As Henrietta H. Fore steps into her new role, IWHC offers five priorities for her first term.
A Legacy to Build On: the Next Administration Must Keep up the Fight for Women’s Health
The next administration must build on the progress made and prioritize sexual and reproductive health and rights in both domestic and foreign policy.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and the Post-2015 Agenda: What’s Next?
The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent significant progress, addressing critical areas for action that, if implemented, will transform the lives of women and girls globally.
Defining Our Demands: Next Steps for Youth in the Post-2015 Process
In 2000, the UN established eight international development goals (the MDGs) — ranging from eradicating extreme poverty to improving maternal health — to be achieved by 2015. Now that this deadline is upon us, the international community is looking ahead to define what’s come to be known as the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Last summer,…
Putting Sexual and Reproductive Rights at the Center of the HIV Response
The post-2015 development agenda must focus not only on the direct determinants of HIV infection, but also the profound gender inequalities and resulting discriminatory practices which make women more vulnerable to the virus and which stand squarely in the way of addressing its spread.
How Did Gender Equality Fare at the UN’s High-Level Political Forum 2017?
After intense negotiations, countries adopted a Ministerial Declaration that reaffirmed their commitments to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and asserted that gender equality is essential to do so. However, the declaration stopped short of a robust commitment to women's human rights.
Trump’s 2018 Budget Wages War on Women
Trump’s proposal eliminates all funding for reproductive health and family planning, a devastating strike that comes amid more than $2 billion in overall reductions to global health support.
Women and Girls Post-2015: What Does It Mean?
We’re in Week Three of our 50 Days of Action for Women and Girls Campaign. This week’s theme is “Putting Women and Girls at the Center of Post-2015 Global Development Agenda.” As my colleague Sarah explained in this post, the UN established eight international development goals, called the Millennium Development Goals (or “the…
Montevideo +1: Reengaging Activists with the Government in Paraguay
Mirta “Michi” Moragas of Las Ramonas is encouraging progressive activists to reengage with the Paraguayan government after a political coup in 2012 installed a conservative administration.