Asylum is not gender neutral - EWL’ and Refugee Women’s Resource Project (UK) practical advocacy guide for protecting women seeking asylum
December 2007 - The complexities of gender-related claims as well as factors such as lack of gender sensitivity among decision-makers and women's difficulties in speaking about sexual violence or sexuality create additional difficulties for women when they claim asylum.
URGENT ACTION : Sigma HUDA, UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking
September 2007 - Sigma Huda was arrested and condemned to 3 years emprisonment recently in Bangladesh. She needs urgent medical treatment which she is not receiving and could be life-threatening.
EWL Campaign “Who Cares?” Sign up to the EWL's Care Campaign Petition
EWL is leading a Campaign on Care Issues. The Campaign focuses on the provision of affordable, accessible and high quality care services for all dependents, available to all women and men whatever their financial situation. The Campaign is accompagnied by a Petition, please sign it to support our action!
CSW 2007 - EWL amendements to the Conclusion
March 2007 - Commission on the Status of Women - Fifty-first session, 26 February – 9 March 2007 EUROPEAN WOMEN’s LOBBY AMENDMENTS TO THE Agreed Conclusions Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child
Commission on Status of Women (CSW) 2007
January 2007 - The United Nations 51st session Commission on the Status of (CSW) will take place in New York from 26 February to 9 March 2007.The theme of this year’s event is: The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child. amendements to the conclusion
