Defending Women’s Sex-Based Rights

Defending Women’s Sex-Based Rights

A webinar with speakers from UK, Germany, Australia, DR Congo, Bahamas, Canada, Argentina, USA, India, Spain & Brazil

This week the Women's Human Rights Campaign (WHRC) is at the UN for the NGO CSW65 virtual forum. This is the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which runs parallel to the official session taking place at the UN Headquarters.

You can see recordings of previous WHRC panels on our YouTube Channel.

This week’s speakers:

Introduction: Jo Brew - Women's Human Rights Campaign Coordinator

Overview: Sheila Jeffreys UK - Women's Human Rights Campaign Director

Article 1: Gunda Schumann - Germany - Lesbisches Aktionszentrum (LAZ) reloaded e.V. Legal Expert/Member

Article 2: Anna Kerr - Australia - Feminist Legal Clinic Inc. - Principal Solicitor

Article 3: Marie-Claire Faray - DR Congo - UK WILPF/COMMON CAUSE UK - D.R.Congo. Research Scientist, Freelance Consultant on Gender and Human Rights Defender

Article 4: Rochelle Dean - Bahamas - WHRC Country Contact

Article 5: Kathleen Lowrey - Canada -University of Alberta - Associate Professor of Anthropology

Article 6: Maria Binetti Argentina - IIEGE - UBA / CONICET - Argentina - Researcher in Feminist Philosophy

Article 7: Kara Dansky - USA Women's Human Rights Campaign Chair, Committee on Law and Legislation

Article 8: Linda Louis - India - A legal professional from South India

Article 9: Eugenia Rodrigues Brazil - Spokesperson of "No Corpo Certo" ("In The Right Body")

Spanish Networking - Amparo Domingo Spain - WHRC Country Contact

More information: www.womensdeclaration.com