19 December 2019, NEW YORK: UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) from Rutgers University to work towards eliminating all forms of gender-based violence.
The theme for the 2019 Global 16 Days Campaign is ending Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work. With the historic adoption of the International Labour Organization (ILO) instrument – Violence and Harassment Convention 190 (along with Violence and Harassment Recommendation 206)
By Nata Duvvury, Carol Ballantine and Caroline Forde The world has woken up to the realities of violence in the home and in private relationships. Research comprehensively demonstrates that more than one in three women worldwide will experience intimate partner
9 November 2019 NAIROBI : The Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) will take part in the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) – the Nairobi Summit in Kenya from 12-14 November 2019. Convened by
#RatifyILO190 is a central demand of this year’s Global 16 Days Campaign that aims to mobilize women, across movements, to collectively take action in advancing the ratification and implementation of the newly adopted ILO instruments: Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019
The 2019 Global 16 Days Campaign Advocacy Guide was developed by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership to support and strengthen efforts by advocates worldwide in engaging, mobilizing and scaling up efforts to end gender-based violence.
This has been a historic year for women’s rights. On June 21, 2019, governments, along with representatives of workers and employers from around the world, adopted a new ILO convention that establishes global standards to end violence and harassment in
21 June 2019, New York: The International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention and Recommendation on ending violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work – adopted today in Geneva at the International Labour Conference has been applauded