Take Action

CWGL often receives requests for suggestions on how to get involved in women's human rights issues. We periodically list items we think may be of interest. If you would like to post an item on this page, please email cwgl@igc.org.

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Take Action Archives

Action Alerts

• Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
• World Organization Against Torture
• Amnesty International
• Nairobi Declaration on Women's and Girls' Rights to Remedy and Reparation
• Women for Wik - Monitoring the Federal Action in the Northern Territory (Australia)

Calls to Action

• UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
• Defending Women Defending Rights, Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition
• Global Call for Action Against Poverty
• 34 Million Friends of the UN Population Fund
• Women's Call for Peace, CODEPINK

Films & Videos

• CWGL on YouTube! In an effort to raise public awareness about the realities of violence against women (VAW) in all of its manifestations, CWGL has filmed a series of videos on VAW. These videos are located on www.YouTube.com and can be embedded onto your website or social-networking site. To view CWGL's other videos on a range of women's human rights issues, please visit our profile page.
• All of Us (film): http://www.allofusthemovie.com
• VANAJA (film): http://www.vanajathefilm.com
  

Other Activities/Campaigns

• Optional Protocol to UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Call For - Need For - Countries/UN Member States Signatures, NGO Advocacy Request, via IWRAW Asia Pacific. The Optional Protocol to the Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP ICESCR) has been adopted. However there is still some way to go before it becomes an instrument women can use to promote and protect their rights. On 24 September 2009, the OP ICESCR opens for signature by States. The OP ICESCR can only come into force if enough States sign it. You can help to make this happen by contacting your government and pushing them to sign the OP ICESCR in September. Additional information in French and Spanish is available from IWRAW Asia Pacific, iwraw-ap@iwraw-ap.org. We hope that you can help to bring the OP ICESCR into force and make it an effective instrument for women.
• Global Campaign to "Stop Stoning and Killing Women", Women Living Under Muslim Laws
• Claiming Equal Citizenship: The Campaign for Arab Women’s Right to Nationality, Women's Learning Partnership
• Campanha Anencefalia, CEPIA/CNDM, Brazil
• Support the 1,000 Hearts Campaign!, Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust (RCCTT), South Africa
• Ann Coulter Does Not Speak for Me campaign, Center for the Advancement of Women
• How to Make a Complaint to the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Online - A FREE CONFIDENTIAL ONLINE SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
  
• Go Vote, Go Run, Go Lead, Go Girl, an initiative of the White House Project
• A Call to Action: Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, Feminist Majority Foundation
• "See Change" campaign: Change the Holy See's status at the United Nations, Catholics for a Free Choice
• Condoms4Life campaign, Catholics for a Free Choice
• Lutheran Volunteer Corps: LVC is a year-long service program for people 21 and over seeking to unite faith, social justice, community living, and simplicity. Volunteers are matched with non-profit organizations in ten metropolitan areas across the United States. They work full-time in various positions ranging from direct social services, to political advocacy, community organizing, education, and activism while living in intentional community
  
• Million4roe.com: Join one million voices in urging Senate leaders to filibuster anti-choice Supreme Court nominees, and tell Washington we won't go back, Feminist Majority Foundation
• nGoAbroad: nGoAbroad is a clearinghouse and referral service that custom-fits peoples' skills, interests and goals with international humanitarian needs, with an emphasis on women's needs
• Online Volunteering Service: The Online Volunteering (OV) service, managed by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, connects online volunteers with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN organizations and academic institutions all over the world. Online volunteers translate documents, edit and prepare proposals & press releases, research topics and gather data, create web pages, brochures and newsletters, offer professional expertise and advice, manage other online volunteers, and more...
• Protest the killings of women in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
• World Volunteer Web: The WorldVolunteerWeb.org supports the volunteer community by providing a global one-stop-shop for information, resources, and organizations linked to volunteerism
• World March of Women in the Year