30th June 2022

CSO Declaration for the 4th LAC Regional Conference on Population and Development

This statement details civil society organizations’ concerns ahead of the upcoming (in 2023) 10th anniversary of the Montevideo Consensus, and urges States to take clear, specific measures, backed by sufficient economic resources, to guarantee all that was agreed to, especially sexual and reproductive rights, cultural and territorial rights, gender rights, ethnic rights, and rights of persons with disabilities, assuming them as part of universal human rights.

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This intersectional statement particularly highlights the need to address the additional vulnerabilities experienced by historically marginalized groups including afro-descendant women, indigenous women, girls, adolescents, young people, elderly people, pregnant people, people with disabilities, lesbians, bisexuals, trans people, and many other groups, as they are the ones who suffer the gravest consequences of inequality and poverty which were major problems even before the pandemic, and have only been aggravated by States’ narrow focus on the health crisis, to the neglect of other crises.

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Submission Update to the Universal Periodic Review – United States of America 53rd Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council

This update examines recent legal and political developments impacting women’s and girls’ rights in the United States, including the continued failure to guarantee constitutional sex equality, ongoing gaps in protections against child marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), growing concerns surrounding online sexual exploitation and abuse (OSEA), and the United States’ increasing disengagement from international human rights systems. It also highlights emerging legislative trends, survivor experiences, and the broader implications of weakened accountability and protection…

Intervention on the Activity Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Internally Displaced Persons

Equality Now’s shadow report calls for urgent reform of discriminatory nationality laws across Africa that deny women equal rights to confer citizenship to their children and spouses. These laws heighten the risk of statelessness, poverty, family separation, and violence, undermining the fundamental right to nationality.

Grounded in regional advocacy and human rights standards, the report urges African Union Member States to enshrine gender equality in nationality laws, centre affected communities in reform processes, and sign and ratify the AU Nationality Protocol without delay.

Mexico – CEDAW submission on sexual violence, access to justice, and gender budget cuts

Civil society submission to CEDAW highlights budget cuts, weak justice systems, and gaps in legal frameworks affecting survivors of sexual violence in Mexico.

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