Women's Rights

CSW70 revealed debates on women’s and girls’ human rights, as well as structural contradictions within multilateral spaces. This analysis explores how feminist and anti-gender movements contest the same space and whether this contestation is worthwhile.

Courts and human rights mechanisms have moved beyond a single axis lens by employing intersectionality as a key principle in the prosecution of international crimes. This leads to strategies for non-discriminatory justice, aimed at promoting substantive equality.

Islah Hassniyyeh was the first woman in Gaza to open a law firm and campaigned for women's rights with her NGO. In September, the long-standing partner of the Heinrich Böll Foundation died under Israeli blockade. A portrait of a trailblazer.

El Salvador’s commitment to UN Resolution 1325 faces a crossroads: Past progress is now at risk as President Bukele’s growing militarization threatens women’s rights and equality, reviving echoes of the country’s war-torn past.

Twenty-five years after its creation, the Women, Peace and Security agenda sounds hollow in the Arab World. Our author argues for radical action – to finally place women at the helm of the institutions that claim to champion them.

From freedom struggle to today’s politics, the story of India is also a story of men, power, and women’s rights.

On December 8, 2024, Syria entered a new political era after 54 years of the al-Assad family rule. While the end of the al-Assad era sparked broad optimism, early formal statements from the new rulers raised concerns, particularly regarding women’s rights.

Eleven outstanding feminists from around the world, who where selected as 2025 Feminist Foreign and Development Policy Fellows, participated in the 69th Commission on the Status of Women at the UN Headquarters. Here they share their main considerations.