Upon request by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) of the European Parliament, this note provides background information for the FEMM Committee mission to the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women which will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March...Read More

• It is estimated that 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner (not including sexual harassment) at some point in their lives. However, some national studies show that up to 70 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence...Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new visibility and profile to the essential roles that women play in our social, political and economic systems, from frontline healthcare workers, trusted leaders, to household masterminds.Read More

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the...Read More

The debate on the participation and role of women in foreign affairs and international security is a timely and relevant one, and is being raised with increasing frequency at both national and international levels. In particular, there is growing attention to the imbalances in the representation of women in leadership and other key positions in...Read More

Women’s right to health is a human right that has been guaranteed through international agreements.1 It includes the right to protection against second-hand smoke in the work environment and in the home; equal access to health services, including quitting and counselling programmes; protection against misleading health messages such as “light” and “mild”; and the right...Read More

C’est une courte histoire du développement des droits humains internationaux des femmes dans le système des Nations Unies depuis le début et comment leurs droits devraient être protégés pendant la Décennie des femmes des Nations Unies et jusqu’en 1990 quand les mouvements internationaux des femmes pour leurs droits ont pris de l’ampleur. L’auteure rêve d’un...Read More

The Lowy Institute is an independent policy think tank. Its mandate ranges across all the dimensions of international policy debate in Australia — economic, political and strategic — and it is not limited to a particular geographic region.Read More

Contributions of the Platform of independent expert mechanisms on the elimination of discrimination and violence against women (EDVAW Platform) towards its implementationRead More

With 90 countries in lockdown, four billion people are now sheltering at home from the global contagion of COVID-19. It’s a protective measure, but it brings another deadly danger.Read More