Latest items for NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Ministry and various other government and non-government institutions carry out community mobilization targeting creation of gender friendly social norms and attitudes within the communities" (8). "[T]he government has laid down the necessary framework to encourage women to form associations, trade unions, professional associations and other unions" (12-13). "As to the associations that are registered by the Charities and societies agency, at the time this report is prepared there are 107 Ethiopian charities, 2115 Ethiopian resident charities, 333 Ethiopian societies, 89 Ethiopian charitable societies, 371 foreign charities, and 53 consortiums in Ethiopia. [T]he [charities] that work on issues of socio economic relevance address the needs of women in their undertaking"...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Ministry and various other government and non-government institutions carry out community mobilization targeting creation of gender friendly social norms and attitudes within the communities" (8). "[T]he government has laid down the necessary framework to encourage women to form associations, trade unions, professional associations and other unions" (12-13). "As to the associations that are registered by the Charities and societies agency, at the time this report is prepared there are 107 Ethiopian charities, 2115 Ethiopian resident charities, 333 Ethiopian societies, 89 Ethiopian charitable societies, 371 foreign charities, and 53 consortiums in Ethiopia. [T]he [charities] that work on issues of socio economic relevance address the needs of women in their undertaking"...more
March 16, 2023, 3:32 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
“Several lawyers and judges dealing with commercial cases appear to be increasingly concerned about the use of women as “figureheads” in the management of private companies. Sometimes such women do not possess decision-making powers, but serve to shield their husband, relative or friend in the event of bankruptcy. These women are held solely responsible for the activities for the commercial companies before the court and creditors. The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF) and Women, Law and Development International have noted that women in Bulgaria are not generally aware of their social and labour rights, and are even less aware of various commercial provisions. The example given above, as well as...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
“Several lawyers and judges dealing with commercial cases appear to be increasingly concerned about the use of women as “figureheads” in the management of private companies. Sometimes such women do not possess decision-making powers, but serve to shield their husband, relative or friend in the event of bankruptcy. These women are held solely responsible for the activities for the commercial companies before the court and creditors. The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF) and Women, Law and Development International have noted that women in Bulgaria are not generally aware of their social and labour rights, and are even less aware of various commercial provisions. The example given above, as well as...more
March 15, 2023, 4:58 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
“The Gender Project for Bulgaria Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, started in 1994 by four women activist-professionals. The organization’s main goals include: raising gender awareness; combating women’s human rights violations, including domestic violence; highlighting women’s rights as human rights; and promoting women’s participation in business and politics in order to encourage their economic independence. In order to achieve these goals, GPF’s three main fields of activity are in women’s economic discrimination; women’s rights and violence against women; and gender education in schools” (57). “Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation was founded in Sofia in 1998. The BGRF is an independent non-governmental organization that promotes social equality and women’s human rights in...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
“The Gender Project for Bulgaria Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, started in 1994 by four women activist-professionals. The organization’s main goals include: raising gender awareness; combating women’s human rights violations, including domestic violence; highlighting women’s rights as human rights; and promoting women’s participation in business and politics in order to encourage their economic independence. In order to achieve these goals, GPF’s three main fields of activity are in women’s economic discrimination; women’s rights and violence against women; and gender education in schools” (57). “Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation was founded in Sofia in 1998. The BGRF is an independent non-governmental organization that promotes social equality and women’s human rights in...more
March 14, 2023, 7:44 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
“At the regional level, NGOs are also being incorporated into political discussion. At Working Table I on Democratization and Human Rights of the 1999 Stability Pact Conference, a Gender Task Force was established. The members include all European Union countries, those with treaties with the EU (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey), as well as the five south-eastern European countries yet to have a contractual relationship with the EU, (i.e. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). Representatives of governments, women’s NGOs and international donors participated. The main goals of the Gender Task Force are to promote greater women’s participation in political life...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
“At the regional level, NGOs are also being incorporated into political discussion. At Working Table I on Democratization and Human Rights of the 1999 Stability Pact Conference, a Gender Task Force was established. The members include all European Union countries, those with treaties with the EU (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey), as well as the five south-eastern European countries yet to have a contractual relationship with the EU, (i.e. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). Representatives of governments, women’s NGOs and international donors participated. The main goals of the Gender Task Force are to promote greater women’s participation in political life...more
March 14, 2023, 7:32 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
“Business Opportunities for Women is a newly formed international association of businesswomen from South-eastern Europe, established in May 1999. The founding members of BOW are twenty-one women business leaders from six countries in the region: Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, and Romania.”
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
“Business Opportunities for Women is a newly formed international association of businesswomen from South-eastern Europe, established in May 1999. The founding members of BOW are twenty-one women business leaders from six countries in the region: Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, and Romania.”
March 8, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Cooperation around the protection of victims is based on the Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, which was concluded in 2013 and further revised in 2020 between the Supreme Court, the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of the Interior and the Police Directorate, Public Institution Centre for Child and Family Support Bijelo Polje, Red Cross of Montenegro and non-governmental organizations: MWL, SWH, SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence – Niksic, Institute for Social and Educational Policy, and Defendology Centre from Niksic" (15). "In the reporting period, associates for...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Cooperation around the protection of victims is based on the Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, which was concluded in 2013 and further revised in 2020 between the Supreme Court, the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of the Interior and the Police Directorate, Public Institution Centre for Child and Family Support Bijelo Polje, Red Cross of Montenegro and non-governmental organizations: MWL, SWH, SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence – Niksic, Institute for Social and Educational Policy, and Defendology Centre from Niksic" (15). "In the reporting period, associates for...more
March 1, 2023, 8:13 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Public opinion polls were conducted on the level of discrimination against persons with disabilities and the degree of social distance compared to other vulnerable groups in Montenegro. These activities were implemented by NGOs with the financial support of the MJHMR" (9). "In March 2020, the Government of Montenegro launched the 'Children are children' campaign in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (now the Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare - MFSW), MoI, Police Directorate and NGO Centre for Roma Initiatives (CRI). The campaign was financially supported by the British Embassy and covered 12 Roma and Egyptian settlements in the four Montenegrin cities – Niksic, Podgorica, Berane, and...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Public opinion polls were conducted on the level of discrimination against persons with disabilities and the degree of social distance compared to other vulnerable groups in Montenegro. These activities were implemented by NGOs with the financial support of the MJHMR" (9). "In March 2020, the Government of Montenegro launched the 'Children are children' campaign in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (now the Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare - MFSW), MoI, Police Directorate and NGO Centre for Roma Initiatives (CRI). The campaign was financially supported by the British Embassy and covered 12 Roma and Egyptian settlements in the four Montenegrin cities – Niksic, Podgorica, Berane, and...more
March 1, 2023, 8:12 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Strategy for Improving Enabling Environment for the Activities of NGOs 2018–2020 (the Strategy) has been implemented since January 2018. Its implementation has been monitored by the Ministry of Public Administration and the Council for Cooperation between State Administration Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)...With the support of SIGMA/OECD, a Methodology for measuring the impact of NGOs in the creation and implementation of public policies was prepared. It represents a novel approach in monitoring the quality and deeper effects of consultations...From 2018, pursuant to the Law on Non-Governmental Organizations ('Official Gazette of Montenegro,' No. 039/11 and 037/17), the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights has been allocating funds for financing NGO...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Strategy for Improving Enabling Environment for the Activities of NGOs 2018–2020 (the Strategy) has been implemented since January 2018. Its implementation has been monitored by the Ministry of Public Administration and the Council for Cooperation between State Administration Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)...With the support of SIGMA/OECD, a Methodology for measuring the impact of NGOs in the creation and implementation of public policies was prepared. It represents a novel approach in monitoring the quality and deeper effects of consultations...From 2018, pursuant to the Law on Non-Governmental Organizations ('Official Gazette of Montenegro,' No. 039/11 and 037/17), the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights has been allocating funds for financing NGO...more
March 1, 2023, 8:11 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Since the year 2021, the CTJSPS Program Council has included the topic of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality with special reference to CEDAW in the Curriculum...In cooperation with non-governmental and international organizations, the CTJSPS organized a total of 23 trainings on these topics between June 2017 and June 2021" (5). "The handbook titled 'Domestic Violence – A Review of International Standards and Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights' was prepared by the Supreme Court of Montenegro in cooperation with the AIRE Centre in order to empower those who combat domestic and gender-based violence" (5). "In 2020, the NGO SPES implemented the project 'Research on the knowledge and application...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Since the year 2021, the CTJSPS Program Council has included the topic of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality with special reference to CEDAW in the Curriculum...In cooperation with non-governmental and international organizations, the CTJSPS organized a total of 23 trainings on these topics between June 2017 and June 2021" (5). "The handbook titled 'Domestic Violence – A Review of International Standards and Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights' was prepared by the Supreme Court of Montenegro in cooperation with the AIRE Centre in order to empower those who combat domestic and gender-based violence" (5). "In 2020, the NGO SPES implemented the project 'Research on the knowledge and application...more
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"For ensuring gender inclusion in the local development programs, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), since 2010, has been implementing a separate Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy. The MoFALD has adopted and put into force the Formation and Operating Procedures of District/Municipality level Coordination Committee of Women, Tribal and Indigenous Communities, Dalit, Persons with Disabilities, Backward Communities and Badi Community as the special measure in 2014. Mandatory provision has been put into force for allocating at least 10 percent of government grant to local bodies for women empowerment programs." (6-7). "The GoN, in collaboration with civil society organizations, is also running campaign against dowry, witchcraft...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"For ensuring gender inclusion in the local development programs, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), since 2010, has been implementing a separate Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy. The MoFALD has adopted and put into force the Formation and Operating Procedures of District/Municipality level Coordination Committee of Women, Tribal and Indigenous Communities, Dalit, Persons with Disabilities, Backward Communities and Badi Community as the special measure in 2014. Mandatory provision has been put into force for allocating at least 10 percent of government grant to local bodies for women empowerment programs." (6-7). "The GoN, in collaboration with civil society organizations, is also running campaign against dowry, witchcraft...more
Feb. 22, 2023, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
“One of the goals of the Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality 2017-2023 is to promote entrepreneurship among women in line with the Action Plan of the Strategy for Promotion of Women Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria 2017-2023” (26). “The Entrepreneurship is a woman! EIW 2016-2018 project of Erasmus. With the Bulgarian Management Association as a local partner, the project aims to support unemployed women in exploiting business opportunities in small, excluded, poor areas where there is demand for services (e.g. food, care, services for kids and young mothers, education) but the environment may not be conducive to the development of high-growth startups” (26). “There are different organisations supporting women’s entrepreneurship, such as...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
“One of the goals of the Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality 2017-2023 is to promote entrepreneurship among women in line with the Action Plan of the Strategy for Promotion of Women Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria 2017-2023” (26). “The Entrepreneurship is a woman! EIW 2016-2018 project of Erasmus. With the Bulgarian Management Association as a local partner, the project aims to support unemployed women in exploiting business opportunities in small, excluded, poor areas where there is demand for services (e.g. food, care, services for kids and young mothers, education) but the environment may not be conducive to the development of high-growth startups” (26). “There are different organisations supporting women’s entrepreneurship, such as...more
Feb. 8, 2023, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"There is also a discrepancy in data. In a tweet by the We Will Stop Femicides, the platform scolded the Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanik, for misguiding the public about decreasing numbers of femicides and their lack of transparency in the documentation process. 'What the Minister of Family and Social Services Derya Yanik said:In the first ten months of 2021 there were 242 femicides; In the first ten months of 2022 there were 225 femicides. Our data shows: In the first ten months of 2021 there were 225 femicides and 175 suspicious deaths. In the first ten months of 2022 there were 282 femicides and 208 suspicious...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"There is also a discrepancy in data. In a tweet by the We Will Stop Femicides, the platform scolded the Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanik, for misguiding the public about decreasing numbers of femicides and their lack of transparency in the documentation process. 'What the Minister of Family and Social Services Derya Yanik said:In the first ten months of 2021 there were 242 femicides; In the first ten months of 2022 there were 225 femicides. Our data shows: In the first ten months of 2021 there were 225 femicides and 175 suspicious deaths. In the first ten months of 2022 there were 282 femicides and 208 suspicious...more
Feb. 6, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]...recommends that the State party ensure that...the inventory [of legislation] is...conducted in consultation with civil society organizations, including women's organizations" (3). "The Committee notes that the Ministry of Labour and Social Development is the main State agency responsible for the coordination of the national machinery for the advancement of women. The Committee notes with concern...[t]he insufficient cooperation with civil society. The Committee...recommends that the State party...strengthen cooperation with civil society and recognize its role in advancing women's rights and gender equality and involve civil society organizations in the implementation of the national strategy and action plan in relation to...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]...recommends that the State party ensure that...the inventory [of legislation] is...conducted in consultation with civil society organizations, including women's organizations" (3). "The Committee notes that the Ministry of Labour and Social Development is the main State agency responsible for the coordination of the national machinery for the advancement of women. The Committee notes with concern...[t]he insufficient cooperation with civil society. The Committee...recommends that the State party...strengthen cooperation with civil society and recognize its role in advancing women's rights and gender equality and involve civil society organizations in the implementation of the national strategy and action plan in relation to...more
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In an effort to disseminate information about the convention, the state party has undertaken the following measures:In 2016 the Government of the Republic of Namibia through Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (IMC) chaired by the Ministry of Justice with the assistance from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) compiled two booklets on the outcome of Namibia’s Periodic State Report Review on the following Treaties/Conventions: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), and the International Convention on All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). The...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In an effort to disseminate information about the convention, the state party has undertaken the following measures:In 2016 the Government of the Republic of Namibia through Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (IMC) chaired by the Ministry of Justice with the assistance from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) compiled two booklets on the outcome of Namibia’s Periodic State Report Review on the following Treaties/Conventions: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), and the International Convention on All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). The...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the adoption by the State party of the Protection against Violence Law and the creation of the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on the Protection of Women against Violence. The Committee notes the following with concern, however:...d) That financial support for civil society organizations providing support to women who are victims of gender-based violence is insufficient...Recalling the relevant provisions of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendation No. 35 (2017) on gender-based violence against women... the Committee recommends that the State party: Reinforce the protection and assistance provided to women who are victims of gender-based violence, including by strengthening the capacity of shelters and ensuring that they meet the...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the adoption by the State party of the Protection against Violence Law and the creation of the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on the Protection of Women against Violence. The Committee notes the following with concern, however:...d) That financial support for civil society organizations providing support to women who are victims of gender-based violence is insufficient...Recalling the relevant provisions of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendation No. 35 (2017) on gender-based violence against women... the Committee recommends that the State party: Reinforce the protection and assistance provided to women who are victims of gender-based violence, including by strengthening the capacity of shelters and ensuring that they meet the...more
Jan. 18, 2023, 11:12 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"A UN expert has described the 'staggering repression' of women and girls in Afghanistan, as the UN mission in the country accused Taliban authorities of harassing its female Afghan employees... [T]he UN mission described 'an emerging pattern of harassment of Afghan UN female staff by the de facto authorities. Three Afghan women working for the UN were recently detained briefly and questioned by Taliban gunmen'. The UN called for an immediate end to all such acts of 'intimidation and harassment targeting its Afghan female staff'." (para 1-3).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"A UN expert has described the 'staggering repression' of women and girls in Afghanistan, as the UN mission in the country accused Taliban authorities of harassing its female Afghan employees... [T]he UN mission described 'an emerging pattern of harassment of Afghan UN female staff by the de facto authorities. Three Afghan women working for the UN were recently detained briefly and questioned by Taliban gunmen'. The UN called for an immediate end to all such acts of 'intimidation and harassment targeting its Afghan female staff'." (para 1-3).
Jan. 16, 2023, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Dr. Elisabetta Canitano, a gynecologist and president of the feminist group Vita di Donna, says migrant and trafficked women are disproportionately affected by this rhetoric" (para 45).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Dr. Elisabetta Canitano, a gynecologist and president of the feminist group Vita di Donna, says migrant and trafficked women are disproportionately affected by this rhetoric" (para 45).
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Luisa Amanda Espinosa Association of Nicaraguan Women, or AMNLAE, the first group dedicated solely to women’s rights, emerged around 1978. AMNLAE, 'sees itself as an umbrella organization incorporating women from all the different sectors, including the trade unions', although by 1985 registered as an official non-profit (Collinson et al, 1990). In its early years, one can think of AMNLAE as reflecting the all-women militias that emerged during the revolutionary war. Alongside AMNLAE, women were also setting up initiatives within their mixed institutions to give a voice to their struggle" (para 10). (NF - CODER COMMENT - The emergence of this NGO is a bit untraditional in the sense that...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The Luisa Amanda Espinosa Association of Nicaraguan Women, or AMNLAE, the first group dedicated solely to women’s rights, emerged around 1978. AMNLAE, 'sees itself as an umbrella organization incorporating women from all the different sectors, including the trade unions', although by 1985 registered as an official non-profit (Collinson et al, 1990). In its early years, one can think of AMNLAE as reflecting the all-women militias that emerged during the revolutionary war. Alongside AMNLAE, women were also setting up initiatives within their mixed institutions to give a voice to their struggle" (para 10). (NF - CODER COMMENT - The emergence of this NGO is a bit untraditional in the sense that...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[S]tate media reported that domestic violence complaints to the Communist Party-linked All-China Women's Federation had gone down 8.4% in 2019 compared to the previous year" (para 28).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[S]tate media reported that domestic violence complaints to the Communist Party-linked All-China Women's Federation had gone down 8.4% in 2019 compared to the previous year" (para 28).
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"It comes amid a surge in executions across the country, with at least 251 people killed by the state killed in the first six months of the year, Amnesty International reported. The figure is more than double the number executed over the same period last year. The charity accused Iran of carrying out a 'horrific spree' of executions, with many of those sentenced to death not having had a fair trial" (para 6-8)."Diana Eltahawy, deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said: 'The state machinery is carrying out killings on a mass scale across the country in an abhorrent assault on the right to...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"It comes amid a surge in executions across the country, with at least 251 people killed by the state killed in the first six months of the year, Amnesty International reported. The figure is more than double the number executed over the same period last year. The charity accused Iran of carrying out a 'horrific spree' of executions, with many of those sentenced to death not having had a fair trial" (para 6-8)."Diana Eltahawy, deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said: 'The state machinery is carrying out killings on a mass scale across the country in an abhorrent assault on the right to...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:33 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Waspi has always said it agrees with equalising the state pension age for men and women, but not with the way the shake-up was implemented. It is calling on the government to agree compensation for all those affected by the lack of notice 'to reflect their financial losses, the sustained damage to their mental health and wellbeing, and the additional impacts'" (para 10). "In July last year it received a major boost when the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) found the Department for Work and Pensions guilty of maladministration in its handling of the changes. This related to specific failings dating back to 2005 and 2006" (para 11). "Last...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Waspi has always said it agrees with equalising the state pension age for men and women, but not with the way the shake-up was implemented. It is calling on the government to agree compensation for all those affected by the lack of notice 'to reflect their financial losses, the sustained damage to their mental health and wellbeing, and the additional impacts'" (para 10). "In July last year it received a major boost when the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) found the Department for Work and Pensions guilty of maladministration in its handling of the changes. This related to specific failings dating back to 2005 and 2006" (para 11). "Last...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:05 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Across Ethiopia, UNFPA is working with partners to support efforts to end fistula by 2030, by building the capacity of midwives to deliver emergency obstetric care and deploying them to facilities where there are staff shortages. More than 13.5 metric tons of reproductive health supplies and equipment, including life-saving maternal health medicines, have been delivered to hospitals, health facilities and mobile health teams across the region, to support safe births" (para 9). "UNFPA is also coordinating training for clinics that provide free fistula repair surgery and working with survivors of fistula as advocates in their communities. In Tigray, Birchiko is one of 24 severe fistula cases that UNFPA is supporting...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Across Ethiopia, UNFPA is working with partners to support efforts to end fistula by 2030, by building the capacity of midwives to deliver emergency obstetric care and deploying them to facilities where there are staff shortages. More than 13.5 metric tons of reproductive health supplies and equipment, including life-saving maternal health medicines, have been delivered to hospitals, health facilities and mobile health teams across the region, to support safe births" (para 9). "UNFPA is also coordinating training for clinics that provide free fistula repair surgery and working with survivors of fistula as advocates in their communities. In Tigray, Birchiko is one of 24 severe fistula cases that UNFPA is supporting...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 4:10 p.m.
Countries: Thailand
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Jaded Chouwilai, director of the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that addresses sexual violence, among other areas, said use of chemical castration would not tackle sex crime. 'Convicts should be rehabilitated by changing their mindset while in prison,' he said. 'To use punishment like execution or injected castration reinforces the idea that offender can no longer be rehabilitated'" (para 8-10).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Jaded Chouwilai, director of the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that addresses sexual violence, among other areas, said use of chemical castration would not tackle sex crime. 'Convicts should be rehabilitated by changing their mindset while in prison,' he said. 'To use punishment like execution or injected castration reinforces the idea that offender can no longer be rehabilitated'" (para 8-10).
Jan. 2, 2023, 2:15 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he renewed [UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan] mandate includes stronger provisions on women’s rights, including calling for the mission to report on violations targeting women human rights defenders, and an explicit request for the mission to mainstream gender as a cross-cutting issue across the entirety of its work. However, in response to the subsequent restrictions on women’s rights, the Security Council has issued two press statements and held closed consultations" (para 3). "Local women's civil society groups, which often provide additional support to their communities, cannot operate freely; this has resulted in increasing dependence on international organizations" (para 8).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he renewed [UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan] mandate includes stronger provisions on women’s rights, including calling for the mission to report on violations targeting women human rights defenders, and an explicit request for the mission to mainstream gender as a cross-cutting issue across the entirety of its work. However, in response to the subsequent restrictions on women’s rights, the Security Council has issued two press statements and held closed consultations" (para 3). "Local women's civil society groups, which often provide additional support to their communities, cannot operate freely; this has resulted in increasing dependence on international organizations" (para 8).
Dec. 28, 2022, 8:06 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Willy Aditya, deputy chair of the team that spearheaded the bill, said the deliberations had been 'intensive.' 'The participation of civil society has been enormous, even until the last moments, until the last seconds, we are still receiving inputs from them,' Willy said" (para 11, 12).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"Willy Aditya, deputy chair of the team that spearheaded the bill, said the deliberations had been 'intensive.' 'The participation of civil society has been enormous, even until the last moments, until the last seconds, we are still receiving inputs from them,' Willy said" (para 11, 12).
Dec. 22, 2022, 6:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2021, after Human Rights Watch published its report on the harm to women and girls because of mandatory jilbab rules, the Education Ministry sent inspectors to visit schools in several provinces. The inspectors persuaded school principals to take down signs with the mandatory jilbab announcement. The inspectors also asked principals not to pressure schoolgirls to wear the jilbab. However, no principal or teacher was penalized. The ministry also set up a hotline service to receive reports of bullying and intimidation" (para 76)
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2021, after Human Rights Watch published its report on the harm to women and girls because of mandatory jilbab rules, the Education Ministry sent inspectors to visit schools in several provinces. The inspectors persuaded school principals to take down signs with the mandatory jilbab announcement. The inspectors also asked principals not to pressure schoolgirls to wear the jilbab. However, no principal or teacher was penalized. The ministry also set up a hotline service to receive reports of bullying and intimidation" (para 76)
Dec. 19, 2022, 12:12 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The [International Rescue Committee (IRC)] has a big presence in Afghanistan, with more staff than all the UN agencies put together. Its director, Vicki Aken, said: 'My first and biggest fight with the Taliban has been the protection of our female staff presence, because without women in our organisation, you can’t reach women in need'. The IRC makes a point of going to meetings with the Taliban with female officials"(para 35-36).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The [International Rescue Committee (IRC)] has a big presence in Afghanistan, with more staff than all the UN agencies put together. Its director, Vicki Aken, said: 'My first and biggest fight with the Taliban has been the protection of our female staff presence, because without women in our organisation, you can’t reach women in need'. The IRC makes a point of going to meetings with the Taliban with female officials"(para 35-36).
Dec. 8, 2022, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n China, activists say the dismantling of civil society in recent years has made awareness-raising campaigns a lot harder. 'Yes, people are angry about what happened in Tangshan and feel sympathetic with the victims of domestic violence, but to fundamentally change the situation, we ought to address the systemic problem in China today,' says Lü Pin, a New York-based feminist activist who left China in 2015 after the arrests of the 'feminist five'. 'Unfortunately, those who can help lead real social change - for instance activists and grassroots civil society organisers - are now deemed by the authorities to be in opposition to the government' " (para 7-9).more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n China, activists say the dismantling of civil society in recent years has made awareness-raising campaigns a lot harder. 'Yes, people are angry about what happened in Tangshan and feel sympathetic with the victims of domestic violence, but to fundamentally change the situation, we ought to address the systemic problem in China today,' says Lü Pin, a New York-based feminist activist who left China in 2015 after the arrests of the 'feminist five'. 'Unfortunately, those who can help lead real social change - for instance activists and grassroots civil society organisers - are now deemed by the authorities to be in opposition to the government' " (para 7-9).more
July 6, 2022, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Djibouti
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"All national bodies, particularly the technical ministries, associations and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are responsible for implementing the National Gender Policy and the action matrix, within the framework of the partnership established between the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Parliament, in coordination with development partners" (9). "The Government, NGOs and associations, development partners and the international community are firmly committed to women, their rights, their protection against violence and their genuine integration at all levels of political, economic and social development" (27).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"All national bodies, particularly the technical ministries, associations and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are responsible for implementing the National Gender Policy and the action matrix, within the framework of the partnership established between the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Parliament, in coordination with development partners" (9). "The Government, NGOs and associations, development partners and the international community are firmly committed to women, their rights, their protection against violence and their genuine integration at all levels of political, economic and social development" (27).
July 1, 2022, 11:43 a.m.
Countries: East Timor
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2018 the MoJ, in coordination with district administrators and IOM support, initiated the dissemination campaign of the new law at municipal level. The workshops provide local NGOs, local authorities, police, etc. with an introduction to human trafficking issues especially on victim identification and protection" (19). "Victims identification is generally done by MSSI’s field officers under its ‘assistance to vulnerable people’ mechanism in collaboration with the police. Cooperation between MSSI field staff, police and NGOs has improved through the referral network despite remaining weak specific knowledge on this issue" (20). "In 2018, 115 sex trafficking victims were identified and referred to IOM and the 3 NGO-operated shelters for assistance. As...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2018 the MoJ, in coordination with district administrators and IOM support, initiated the dissemination campaign of the new law at municipal level. The workshops provide local NGOs, local authorities, police, etc. with an introduction to human trafficking issues especially on victim identification and protection" (19). "Victims identification is generally done by MSSI’s field officers under its ‘assistance to vulnerable people’ mechanism in collaboration with the police. Cooperation between MSSI field staff, police and NGOs has improved through the referral network despite remaining weak specific knowledge on this issue" (20). "In 2018, 115 sex trafficking victims were identified and referred to IOM and the 3 NGO-operated shelters for assistance. As...more