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Analyses, Agreements and Resolutions: Legal, Comparative and Advocacy Resources

Family Law Reform:
  • Advocacy Resources including CEDAW Reports
  • Legal Resources including Muslim family codes comparison
  • Country-specific legal texts
  • Bibliographies on Muslim Family Law
 29 countries have reached the 30 percent mark in women's representation in parliament; at least 24 of those 29 have used quotas. 
— UN Women
Gender Justice: Key to Achieving the Millenium Development Goals

Political Participation:
  • Data on Women's Representation in Politics
  • Quotas database and report
  • International legal agreements including the Beijing Platform, ICCPR and CPRW
  • Glossary and additional online ressources

Women's Human Rights:
  • CEDAW text and optional protocol
  • CEDAW advocacy material: "Equality without reservation" campaign, report in the Arab World, guides and learning resources
  • CEDAW status in WLP countries

Women, Peace and Security:
  • UN Security Council Resolutions
  • 1325 National Action Plans and 1325+10 materials
  • Violence Against Women reports and resolutions
Alerts & Updates
UPDATE: WLP Kyrgyzstan- Tolekan Ismailova is Denied Fair Trial
November 30, 2012 | Asia, Human Rights, human rights, Human Rights Alerts, Human Rights Center/ Citizens Against Corruption, Kyrgyzstan, Leading To Choices, Kyrgyzstan
On November 27, 2012, the Inter-District Court of Bishkek dismissed a complaint brought to the court by Tolekan Ismailova, Director of WLP Kyrgyzstan/Human Rights Center-“Citizens Against Corruption” and the human rights Bir Duyno Film Festival.
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Breaking Barriers to Advance Gender-Just Peace: WLP Co-convenes Women Peacemakers at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
November 14, 2012 | 2012 Events, Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia, Human Rights, Leading to Action, Middle East, Rights & Reservations: Realizing CEDAW, Stop Violence Against Women, Bahrain, Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, India, Victories over Violence, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe
 
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WLP Travels to Peru for Annual Partners Meeting and the World Movement for Democracy Seventh Global Assembly
November 14, 2012 | 2012 Events, Americas, Leading to Action, Brazil, Egypt, Political Participation, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, Zimbabwe
In October, WLP traveled to Lima, Peru for the World Movement for Democracy (WMD) seventh Global Assembly, Democracy for All: Ensuring Political, Social, and Economic Inclusion. The conference brought together WLP Partners and more than 500 democracy activists, practitioners, and scholars, providing an important opportunity for learning, exchange, and networking with civil society actors from across the world.
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WLP Kyrgyzstan's Sixth Annual International ‘Bir Duino’ Film Festival
September 26, 2012 | Activism, Advocacy, Asia, documentary, Film festival, Human Rights, human rights, Human Rights Center/ Citizens Against Corruption, Kyrgyzstan, Leading to Action, Rights & Reservations: Realizing CEDAW, Stop Violence Against Women, Women's Human Rights, Kyrgyzstan
The Sixth Annual International ‘Bir Duino’ (‘One World’) Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights is in session in Kyrgyzstan this week. WLP's Kyrgyzstan partner Human Rights Center/“Citizens Against Corruption” hosts this annual competition to recognize films that give an honest and powerful depiction of issues such as gender based violence, drug addiction, homelessness, and migration.
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S:SSO to Sakai