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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · 2d

We are deeply concerned by a State’s use of the word “witch” to attack a UN expert in her report to the #UNGA80 3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine women’s equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates.

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · 4d

Care is vital for societies, economies & human rights. It is NOT just ‘women's work.’

On #DayOfCare, WGDAWG member Haina Lu spoke at the UN, calling for urgent action to transform care&support systems to advance gender equality+sustainable development.

👉 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · 21d

At #UNGA80, UN WGDAWG Chair Claudia Flores: “Care&support is the hidden engine of our societies—not a private female duty, but a public good. Correcting the unequal distribution of care is a human rights obligation.”

🔗 Rewatch her intervention: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k18...

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Sep 30

📢 Call for Inputs: WGDAWG’s HRC62 thematic report on Gender Equality, the Digital Space & the Age of AI

🗓️ Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
✉️ Send your submission to [email protected]

🔗 questionnaires: bit.ly/48GBkqd

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Aug 29

#Gender is central to achieving equality ⚖️ & upholding human rights of all. 🌍 45 UN experts reaffirm the need to ensure that the gender lens & tackling gender-based discrimination & violence are at the core of int'l #humanrights law

Read the joint statement 📄: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Aug 8

#Zimbabwe 🇿🇼: Empower Girls Today to Build an Equal Zimbabwe Tomorrow, UN Working Group says

Read the WG’s press release here: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Read the end-of-mission statement here: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jul 11

We fully support the condemnation of US sanctions against @franceskalbs.bsky.social. We call on all States to honor their commitment to strengthening the UN Special Procedurs, as part of the int'l system designed to protect human rights of all persons, esp. those in the most vulnerable conditions

UN-SPexperts @un-spexperts.bsky.social · Jul 10

UN Special Procedures Coordination Committee strongly condemns the US Govt sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese @franceskalbs.bsky.social & calls on all States, Human Rights Council & int'l community to act decisively to condemn this unjustified attack.
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UN-SPexperts @un-spexperts.bsky.social · Jul 11

UN experts urge #Thailand to drop charges against Pimsiri Petchnamrob & other pro-democracy rights defenders.

Experts reiterate their call to the Govt of 🇹🇭 to revise & repeal lèse-majesté laws, which suppress freedom of expression & peaceful assembly.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jul 7

The WG supports the assessment of the Special Rapporteur on #Afghanistan and call the Taliban de facto authorities to reinstate women's and girls' human rights and ensure substantive gender equality, and to all States and other actors to avoid normalising #genderapartheid.

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jul 1

🔔 Join the #EDVAWPlatform for an online side event on Thursday!

✨ Women, Peace and Security – 15th Anniversary: Reflections & Recommendations

📅 Thursday, 3 July 2025
🕒 15:00–16:00 CET / 09.00-10.00 ET
🔗 Zoom link: bit.ly/4eAdzkO

#WPS #HumanRights #GenderEquality

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jun 30

🌎At #FfD4, we urge a feminist, rights-based approach to development, based on the WG’s HRC53 Report:  ✅ Gender-responsive budgets ✅ Inclusive social protection ✅ Debt justice ✅ Fair taxation & financing ✅ Corporate accountability  📖: bit.ly/3Gngws3

A/HRC/53/39: Gendered inequalities of poverty: feminist and human rights-based approaches

In the present report, the Working Group focuses on poverty and socioeconomic inequality as outcomes of systemic failures that violate multiple human rights of women and girls. The Working Group analy...

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UN-SPexperts @un-spexperts.bsky.social · Jun 25

Women & girls shoulder 76% of unpaid care responsibilities globally, amounting to 12.5 billion hours of unpaid work each day - @unwgdawg.bsky.social calls for urgent overhaul of global care & support systems to advance #GenderEquality & #HumanRights. #HRC59
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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚨Follow the interactive dialogue with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council today at 15.00 CET:

🔗: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k...

#HRC59 #womenrights

14th Meeting - 59th Session of Human Rights Council

59th regular session of the Human Rights Council (16 June - 09 July 2025)

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jun 24

🌍 Amid rising global challenges, inclusive diplomacy is more needed than ever. We must break the barriers holding back women’s leadership. Their voices are key to peace, stability & sustainable solutions. #WomenInDiplomacy #IDWD

UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jun 20

👉Join Working Group member Ms. Haina Lu for a #HRC59 side event on “Addressing the precarity of undervalued gendered labour: A human rights approach” in Geneva next Thursday!

📆: 26 June 2025, 15.00-16.00 CET
📍: Room XXV, Palais des Nations

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jun 17

All domestic workers, 80% of whom are women, deserve dignified treatment, fair pay, social protection & freedom from violence and harassment.

📖 Read the WG’s latest report on care and support: bit.ly/3Tqwvsa

#InternationalDomesticWorkersDay

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UN-SPexperts @un-spexperts.bsky.social · Jun 5

UN experts urge #Türkiye to guarantee implementation of the law ensuring women are not obligated to change their surname upon marriage to that of their spouse, which entrenches patriarchal ideals & reinforces existing gender-based inequalities.
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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Jun 5

🎉Thank you for those of you who joined the launch of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls’ Guidance Document on Substantive #GenderEquality!

📖Read the GD here: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
🔗Re-watch the launch event: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u...

A/HRC/WG.11/42/1: Substantive gender equality - Guidance document of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

SummarySince the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 75 years ago, and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 30 years ago, significant progress has been m...

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · May 27

‼️⏰HAPPENING TODAY!

Tune into the Launch of the Guidance Document on Substantive Gender Equality by the WGDAWG at 15.00 EST

🇺🇳Webcast: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u...

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UN-SPexperts @un-spexperts.bsky.social · May 22

UN experts warn of legal uncertainty and rights implications following UK Supreme Court judgement interpreting the definition of “woman” under the Equality Act 2010.

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · May 16

🚨SAVE THE DATE!

👉Join the UN WGDAWG for the official launch of its guidance document on Substantive #GenderEquality during its May session in New York.

📆: 27 May, 15.00-16.30 ET
📍: UNHQ CR 1
✍️Register to attend in-person: tinyurl.com/mr46rxhn
🔗Webcast: tinyurl.com/42utp2j8

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Apr 22

📢 Join WGDAWG Chair Laura Nyirinkindi on April 24 at 10.00 EST for an event introducing the #GQUALToolkit - a practical guide to advancing women’s representation in UN SPs and the Inter-American Human Rights System

🔗Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Mar 17

WG Vice-Chair Claudia Flores joined GQUAL at #CSW69 to discuss why women’s leadership and gender parity in decision-making spaces are urgent priorities that cannot wait.

📖Read reflections here: bit.ly/4i9xcRH

#WomensLeadership #Beijing30 #GenderEquality

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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚨Don’t miss this #CSW69 virtual side event!

💡Join Working Group member Ivana Krstić for an expert panel on “Addressing #GenderApartheid: Towards an Integrated System of Protection"

🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏰ 10AM-11:30AM EST
📍 Join on Zoom: bit.ly/AddressingGe...

#Afghanistan #GenderEquality

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