A secure, fair, democratic, prosperous, non violent society with gender equality, an environmental perspective and respect for human right
Forty years after Eleanor Roosevelt delivered this speech to representatives of the United Nations, British Columbia have taken her visionary words to heart. Through a historic public consultation …
Arguments for transforming the human rights movement so that it can more effectively address new political realities.This book brings together prominent scholars and political activists to assess t…
Australia’s accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 2008 offers a new way in which women’s human rights can be ad…
This manual is about women's human rights in practice. It describes in simple language and in a practical manner the concept and content of human rights law and its application to women and the rig…
Study of women's rights activists who respond to conflict or crises in their countries. In 2003 the Urgent Action Fund launched a year-long project identifying concrete ways to improve internationa…
As dictatorships topple around the world and transitional regimes emerge from the political rubble, the new governments inherit a legacy of widespread repression against the civilian population. Th…