Posts by Kelly Vaughan
The Gender Equality Resource Center
The Gender Equality Resource Center (GERC) is an NGO in the Philippines that partners with cooperatives, NGOs, local government units, development councils, government agencies, and other actors to promote gender equality policies through the implementation of training and capacity building. https://www.gerc.ph/
Read MoreGender at Work
Gender at Work is an international feminist advocating for inclusive cultures and ending discrimination against women. While partnering with researchers and activists worldwide, they are educating communities about inequality structures and embedded societal discriminatory norms through Gender Action Learning, courses, consulting, and podcasts. They aim to produce innovative approaches and transformative tools. https://genderatwork.org/
Read MoreWomen’s Environment and Development Organization
Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a global advocacy organization that aims to promote and protect gender equality, human rights, and the environment. WEDO partners with leaders to facilitate global agendas to ensure women’s voices are heard and women’s leadership is advanced. https://wedo.org/
Read MoreWomen in Global Health
Women in Global Health is part of a global network that aims to achieve gender equality in health leadership, with chapters in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico. They unite professionals from across the country to advance the issue of gender equality in health and catalyze change. https://womeningh.org/
Read MoreRise Up
Rise Up is a non-profit organization that works with leaders in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States, partnering with women, girls, and allies for gender equity and justice in education, health, and economic opportunity globally. For example, Rise Up introduced the Leadership & Advocacy Accelerator training to Brazil. https://riseuptogether.org/
Read MoreWomen’s Learning Partnership
Women’s Learning Partnership is an international, non-profit, non-governmental partnership of 20 autonomous women’s rights organizations throughout the Global South that promote women’s leadership, civic engagement, and human rights. WLP is part of the Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. They have launched women’s rights campaigns in over…
Read MoreWomen 20
Women 20 (W20) is a G20 women’s engagement group that promotes gender equity and women’s economic empowerment. W20 aims to recommend policies and commitments to the leadership of G20 countries. In 2024, Brazil will preside over the forum and the respective government representatives’ working and engagement groups. https://w20brazil.org.br/#:~:text=Ana%20Fontes,equity%20and%20women’s%20economic%20empowerment.
Read MoreComisión Nacional de los Derechos México
Comisión Nacional de los Derechos México is an institution fighting for women’s rights as human rights by providing reports, conducting trainings, and collaborating internationally to disseminate rights. They advocate for three principles: gender equality, no discrimination, and no violence against women. https://informe.cndh.org.mx/menu.aspx?id=80051
Read MoreInternational Center for Transitional Justice
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a global non-profit that challenges the causes and addresses the consequences of human rights violations, including gender justice. ICTJ works with victims to affirm their dignity, fight impunity, promote responsive institutions, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or…
Read MoreCentro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional
Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL) released the joint statement, “Coalition of Human Rights Organizations of the Americas.” They support democratic institutions and the impact on human rights in OAS member countries and aim to protect the human rights defenders (HRDs) in various countries, including Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru,…
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