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So well said April Pham ! We need to do much more to finance, support and protect the space and leadership for local women's rights and women-led organisations and feminist networks, both formal and informal and including those led by refugees and displaced communities and their work in crisis settings. This is key to ensuring a gender-transformative approach to humanitarian, nexus and peacebuilding programming as they know best how to navigate local gender norms and dynamics. Yet local women’s organisations continue to face multiple barriers to self-organising, influencing decision-making, forming and leading local networks and seeking and receiving funding for their work. Humanitarian funding streams and programming partnerships have yet to be reformed to enable feminist decolonial approaches and local leadership. #womanitarian #decolonialfeminist #localhumanitarianleadership

💬 'They were part of the community before crises, during crises, and they will be the people who remain after crises.' April Pham explains why it's crucial that international organisations support women-led and women's rights organisations and movements that lead on responding to humanitarian crises. #womensrights #humanitariancrisis #crisisresponse

Thanks for sharing these useful insights April 

Afghan women’s rights are disappearing under the Taliban’s harsh rule. Our new blog shares a personal perspective on the situation and underscores the critical role of organizations like Aman Lara in providing safety, refuge, and new beginnings to Afghan girls and women. ➡️ Get a firsthand account of the issue: https://lnkd.in/ejbpYS3V

Join us for an online briefing on the "Guide and Guidelines on the Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa" co-organised by DefendDefenders, un ohchr east africa regional office, UN Women and Equality Now. Use the link below to register and be part of the webinar on Thursday, 11 July 2024, from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM East African Time. https://lnkd.in/dH9scRNC Women Human Rights Defenders (#WHRDs) across Africa face unique and significant challenges, including threats, arbitrary detention, gender-based violence, discrimination, and targeted attacks. To address these challenges, the "Guide and Guidelines on the Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa" was developed in 2023 by Equality Now and UN Women under the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme. This comprehensive resource provides practical advice and steps for the protection of WHRDs. Recognizing the importance of popularizing the Guide and Guidelines and disseminating it among WHRDs, the aforementioned organizations have partnered to convene this webinar. Our goal is to equip WHRDs across Africa with knowledge and tools for effective advocacy, engagement with State actors, and human rights mechanisms at the regional and international levels for the adoption of legal and policy frameworks for increased protection of WHRDs. Please find the link for the Guide and Guideline Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in #Africa here: https://lnkd.in/dR37QNgw We look forward to your participation and valuable contributions to this important discussion. (Further information on how to access the webinar will be provided upon registration) Languages: English (with simultaneous interpretation in French and Arabic) #SafeguardingWHRDs Ford Foundation Open Society Foundations Mama Cash Wallace Global Fund Amnesty International Human Rights Foundation WHRDMENA Coalition Front Line Defenders AfricanDefenders (Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) Ann-Murray Brown 🇯🇲🇳🇱 Confidence Staveley Democracy Fund Elizabeth LeClair Rosette Gladys Nandutu

🌍💪 Protecting land rights defenders in Africa is crucial! Discussions at the Kinshasa regional workshop highlighted the importance of preserving land and promoting gender justice. 💫 #LandRights #GenderJustice #Commitment #Africa

This report summarizes the key discussions and recommendations of the first annual forum on the issues of minorities and indigenous peoples in Northern Syria, from a human rights and gender-based perspective. #HevdestiSynergy #Future_Built_by_Diversity

[Advisory / #PublicParticipation] Three UN Special Rapporteurs have called for submissions on a range of important human rights issues, which include: (1) How human rights can be safeguarded for people who face heightened risks due to their gender when exposed to harmful substances. (2) The difficulties faced by mobile Indigenous Peoples and the actions taken by various parties to uphold their rights. (3) The urgent need to develop a set of guidelines at the international level to ensure that resettlement and relocation is carried out in compliance with the international human rights framework and is consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals. Submission are due during March 2023. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3I74lNa.

The Gambia proudly ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) and Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. Every girl and woman in the Gambia have the right to chose and be protected, and we as duty bearers have the obligations to fulfil their rights. https://lnkd.in/dYtCPqFc