In support of the Sex Based Violence Report by Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem, WoPAI attended the 59th HRC Session to speak.
Source: WoPAI Intervenes at Human Rights Council Session | Women’s Platform for Action International
Welcome to the CCR Network interactive workshop from Hague Mothers.
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 was designed to ensure the quick and safe return of a child if they are taken across international borders by one parent without the other parent’s consent. However 75% of the parents brought before the courts are mothers, and many are fleeing domestic abuse, trying to return to safety in their home country with their child. Come join us to hear more about this and the support available through the Hague Explained.
For more information: Home – Hague Mothers and Hague Explained CIC | Non-profit Organisation in the UK
Source: CCR Network Interactive Workshop- Hague Mothers Tickets, Wed 25 Jun 2025 at 15:00 | Eventbrite
Apologies to Australian signatories of the Women’s Declaration International (WDI) who may not have been receiving invitations to our monthly webinars due to a glitch in our systems. Hopefully you should have now received a communication which aims to resolve the problem. However, all the Aus/NZ webinars you may have missed over the past 6 months can be accessed at the link below and can be viewed by WDI signatories and others at any time.
Source: Women Create
Women’s Platform for Action International, WoPAI, is holding its global launch in New York on 10 March 2025 to coincide with the 69th Commission on the Status of Women and the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action.
Source: Press Release: Launch of WoPAI | Women’s Platform for Action International
Join us as mother, poet, historian, author and activist, Janet Fraser launches Donna F. Johnson‘s new book Shattered Motherhood: Surviving the Guilt of a Child’s Suicide.
FRIDAY 14 MARCH
11:00am Sydney/Melbourne | 10:00am Brisbane/Queensland
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THURSDAY 13 MARCH
8:00pm Ottawa/New York | 5:00pm Vancouver/Los Angeles
The Vatican has blocked discussions over women’s rights at the UN climate summit following a row over gay and transgender issues, sources have told BBC News.
Pope Francis’ representatives have aligned with Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, and Egypt to obstruct a deal which would have provided more support, including financial help, for women at the forefront of climate change, Colombia’s environment minister told the BBC.
Charities including ActionAid said it is crucial a deal is reached as the UN estimates women and girls currently make up 80% of those displaced by climate change.
Countries at this year’s COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan were due to update the ten-year old UN action plan to make sure that any work on climate change took account of the experiences of women and channelled more money to them.
For a decade it has been called the Lima Work Programme on Gender.
But the Vatican, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and Egypt now do not want any reference to “gender” – over concerns it could include transgender women, and want references to gay woman removed, the BBC has been told by charities observing the talks and negotiators from other countries.
This has stalled the whole deal on progressing women’s access to support in the face of climate change, they say.
When asked why the Vatican and others were making the intervention now, after nearly a decade, one country negotiator told the BBC: “It is part of a broader global backlash against women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights.”
Source: COP29 row breaks out with Vatican over gender rights – BBC News
[Ed: I am sorry Lydia Thorpe didn’t receive equivalent backup for her recent protest against the King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18DCUS_ZNi4]
