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June 2007, Ireland: Six of the women nonimated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Prize 2005 Campaign. From left to right: Farida Shaheed, Shirkat Gah, Pakistan; Charlotte Bunch, CWGL, USA; Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, Peacewomen Across the Globe, Switzerland; Haya Shalom, Women in Black, Israel; Nani Zulminarni, Women Headed Household Empowerment Program (PEKKA), Indonesia; and Terry Greenblatt, Bat Shalom-The Jerusalem Center for Women's Action, Israel. Click on photo for larger view. |
- December 10, 2009: Executive Director, Radhika Balakrishnan, shares her thoughts on Human Rights Day
- November 30, 2009: CWGL's new executive director, Radhika Balakrishnan, interviewed in Rutgers University Focus Magazine
- November 24, 2009: Women Nobel Peace Laureates and Leaders of Women’s Rights Organizations Urge US Secretary of State Clinton to Condemn Violence Against Women and Human Rights Violations Under Honduran Coup, press release and letter
- November 11, 2009: Claiming Justice, Claiming Rights: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders is now available in Arabic
- November 6, 2009: Demand action on CEDAW now! sponsored by WIDE
- November 4, 2009: CWGL signed on to the United States Working Group on Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- October 13, 2009: Elinor Ostrom breaks the Nobel mould by Kevin Gallagher, Guardian, UK
- September 30, 2009: CWGL statement at Human Rights Council at annual session on gender integration
- September 24, 2009: Letter from new Executive Director, Radhika Balakrishnan
- September 18, 2009: Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar, was interviewed by Jeb Sharp of PRI's The World. To listen, visit The World.
- September 14, 2009: CWGL GEAR Press Release
- September 14, 2009: U.N. Approves Long-Awaited New Women's Agency by Thalif Deen, IPS
- September 5, 2009: U.N. May Shelve Creation of New Women's Body by Thalif Deen, IPS
- August 25, 2009: Statement on women and youth health and rights, promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in US foreign policy, signed by 50 HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health rights, human rights and faith-based organizations
- August 13, 2009: Statement in Support of Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Honor Awardee, by the Women's Human Rights Defenders International Coalition
- July 17, 2009: Iran - Women Human Rights Defender Shadi Sadr Arrested
- July 17, 2009: Invitation for applications for fellowships with the Georgetown Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program for women's rights lawyers in U.S. and in Africa
- July 16, 2009: Human rights activist Natalia Estemirova murdered in Russia
- July 7, 2009: PhD Scholarship in Refugee Youth Identity and Wellbeing, La Trobe Refugee Research Centre, La Trobe University
- July 2, 2009: India Court Decriminalises Gay Sex: Delhi’s High court ruled that homosexual sex among consenting adults is not a crime and read down the infamous Section 377, which penalized people with imprisonment for consensual same sex sexual relations. This ruling marks an historic moment not only for Indian citizens but for LGBTQ and sexual rights activists worldwide.
- June 2009: A Human Rights Response to the Economic Crisis in the U.S. written by Radhika Balakrishnan, James Heintz, and Stephanie Seguino
- May 19, 2009: We Mark the Passing of Helvi Sipila, International Women's Rights Activist, Anne S. Walker, International Women's Tribune Centre
- May 19, 2009: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Theme Announcement
- May 12, 2009: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in We are the ones, by Rosemary Belcher, openDemocracy
- April 29, 2009: Listen Up: UN Must Hear Women on Violence by Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, published in On The Issues Magazine, Spring 2009 edition
- April 20, 2009: A Feminist Civil Society Response to the UN Secretary General’s Campaign to End Violence against Women,
Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director,
Center for Women’s Global Leadership
- April 7, 2009: WLUML statement on the Combating Defamation of Religions resolution
- April 2, 2009: The Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) announces the 2nd CSBR Sexuality Institute
- April 2, 2009: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice accepting applications for the 2009 Women Peacemakers program
- March 30, 2009: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in DEVELOPMENT: Global Coalition Backs New U.N. Gender Body, by Thalif Deen, IPS
- March 26, 2009: CWGL Announces New Executive Director
- March 12, 2009: Sign the declaration Africa for Women's Rights
- March 10, 2009: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, interviewed in Women's Movements on GRITtv with Laura Flanders
- March 8, 2009: WHRDIC International Women's Day Statement
- February 28, 2009: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in Highland Park mayor to lead U.S. delegation to U.N. panel, by Tom Hayden, Star-Ledger
- February 26, 2009: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in RIGHTS: U.N. Flunking on Gender Empowerment, Women Say, by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service
- February 26, 2009: CWGL Events at the 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- January 29, 2009: International Training on LGBT and Human Rights sponsored by RFSL-The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights
- January 28, 2009: CWGL endorses WLUML letter about the harassment of women’s human rights defender, Ghada Jamsheer
- January 21, 2009: Call for Submissions: The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI): 6th round of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by February 27, 2009
- January 21, 2009: Call for application: Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery by March 31, 2009
- January 13, 2009: Call for stories in celebration of the 30th anniversary of CEDAW
- January 12, 2009: URGENT: Women Human Rights Defender Disfigured and Murdered
- January 7, 2009: Middle Eastern Women's Issues, Debates, and Priorities Special Issue - NWSA Journal - National Women Studies Association, Call for papers by January 16, 2009
- January 5, 2009: Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Coordinating Group requests nominations for experts to join the SVRI Coordinating Group, send to svri@mrc.ac.za by January 27, 2009
- January 5, 2009: CWGL signs onto WLP's demand for protection and guarantee of Shirin Ebadi's civil and political rights
- December 31, 2008: WHRDIC organizations write letters to support Shirin Ebadi's safety and security
- December 19, 2008: Send PWESCR stories on women and livelihood for a compilation of a database on women’s right to livelihood, by January 10, 2009
- December 18, 2008: Press Release, United Nations General Assembly Statement Affirms Rights for All: 66 States Condemn Violations Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- December 15, 2008: Fellowships for Threatened Academics: Professors, Researchers and Lecturers, deadline January 31, 2009
- December 10, 2008: CWGL Press Release, Celebrating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- December 1, 2008: Prevention Now! - Latin American and U.S. Latina Women Unite to Demand Access to the Female Condom
- December 1, 2008: Women Won’t Wait. End HIV and Violence Against Women. Now (WWW) Campaign Press Release for World Aids Day
- November 29, 2008: The Observatory
for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Press Release International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders
- November 26, 2008: Call for nominations for IFPRI initiative on Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development
- November 25, 2008: Senior Policy Advisor, Cynthia Rothschild interviewed in IPS article RIGHTS: Gender Violence "Pandemic" Highlighted at U.N.
- November 18, 2008:
Call for Research Associate Applications for the Five College Women's Studies Research Center, deadline is February 9, 2009
- October 14, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, received the Joyce
Warshow Lifetime Achievement
Award at the 30th Anniversary
Gala & SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders) Awards, for photos, click here
- October 14, 2008: Annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) accepting 2009 applications, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York
- October 9, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, featured in For the Greater Good: Women's Work in the 21st Century, by Friedrike Merck
- October 2, 2008: National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) launch The Big Five:
What’s at Stake for Women and the Nation website
- September 24, 3008: CWGL signed the Women for Global Call Against Poverty (GCAP) statement Women respond to the Food Crisis: We are part of the solution
- September 18, 2008: Launch of UNIFEM’s biennial flagship report, Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Women? Gender & Accountability. For more information, visit http://www.unifem.org/progress/2008/
- September 18, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in DEVELOPMENT: Huge Gender Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality, by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43927
- September 15, 2008: IMPORTANT GEAR UPDATE: UN Resolution Moves Gender Architecture Discussion into General Assembly
- September 2008: Call for applications, Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) and the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program at the Georgetown University Law Center
- August 2008: Congratulations to Women's and Gender Studies Visiting Assistant Professor and CWGL Associate, V.G. Julie Rajan, on the publicaton of her book, Violence and Gender in the Globalized World: The Intimate and the Extimate (Ashgate, 2008)
- July 28, 2008: The United Nations General Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, of South Africa, to succeed Louise Arbour as High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/NewHC.aspx
- July 4, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in U.N. Lacks Muscle to Fight Sexual Abuse in Peacekeeping, by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/12046
- June 26, 2008: Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) Collective Statement on the Murder of Ms. Laxmi Bohara, member of National Alliance of Women
Human Rights Defenders.
- June 11, 2008: UN High Level Meeting on HIV&AIDS, New York, Women's Groups Demand Action and Accountability at UN HIV Meeting
- June 10, 2008: Women, Ink. has compiled a collection of materials entitled HIV/AIDS and Women: Resources to Support Policy and Advocacy.
- June 10-11, 2008: The UN High Level Meeting on HIV&AIDS, New York
- June 5, 2008: The 8th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva hosted several events on “Rights of Women”, including sessions on violence against women and maternal mortality. Click here for an update on these sessions.
- May 16, 2008: Congratulations to Wanda Nowicka, cofounder of the Federation for Women and
Family Planning, founder
of ASTRA, the Central and
Eastern European Women's
Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and
Rights, and previous Visiting Global Associate at CWGL who received the
prestigious University in Exile Award granted by the New School – a University. Please review the press release and the presentation made by President Bob Kerrey for more information.
- May 10, 2008: Congratulations to Charlotte Bunch who received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the
University of Connecticut. Commencement and Acceptance Speech for Honorary Degree.
- May 7, 2008: Charlotte Bunch received the Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award
- March 26, 2008: CWGL featured in the Rutgers University FOCUS, Center for Women’s Global Leadership joins in global campaign for universal human rights
- March 4, 2008: The Hub interviewed CWGL Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, along with other panelists from CWGL's Human Rights for Women ‹–› Human Rights For All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) event in New York City. To view her video, click here. To view the other interviews, please click here.
- March 2008: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Theme Announcement (Microsoft Word; PDF)
- March 8, 2008: CWGL International Women's Day Statement (Microsoft Word; PDF)
- March 3, 2008: Calls for Papers, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, please visit http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/signs/call.html and http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/signs/stimpson.html
- February 25, 2008: The United Nations Secretary General launched a campaign on Violence Against Women at the 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2008/wom1664.doc.htm
- February 22, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in RIGHTS: Gender Equality Gets a Drop of the Funding Bucket, by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41315
- January 9, 2008: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in For Women, Leaning Doesn't Make For Leading, by Miren Gutierrez, IPS-Inter Press Service http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40723
- December 16, 2007 (2pm): Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, delivered the Undergraduate Commencement address at the University of Connecticut and receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws http://www.uconn.edu
- December 10, 2007: CWGL Human Rights Day Statement (English)
- November 29, 2007: CWGL Women Human Rights Defenders Day Statement (English, Español)
- November 20, 2007: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in An Inexplicable UN Blind Spot: Strengthening Women, by Barbara Crossette, United Nations Association of the United States of America and the Business Council for the United Nations
http://www.unausa.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=3590363
- September 19, 2007: Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders, published by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development in collaboration with a group of women rights, human rights and sexual health advocates: http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf2007/book3Neo.pdf
- July 19, 2007: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Theme Announcement
- June 11, 2007: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Theme Consultation
- May 23, 2007: Updated Talking Points for Gender Equality Architecture Advocacy - Take Action Now!
- May 15, 2007: CWGL signs on to the Nairobi Declaration on Women's and Girls' Rights to Remedy and Reparation launched by the Coalition for Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations http://www.womensrightscoalition.org/site/reparation/signature_en.php
- April 20, 2007: Resource Net Friday File, Issue 322, published by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), an interview with Cynthia Rothschild of the Center for Women's Global Leadership on their publication: Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS, by Kathambi Kinoti
http://www.awid.org/go.php?list=analysis&prefix=analysis&item=00376
- April 2007: In Support of the Rutgers University Women’s Basketball Team -- On April 4, 2007, Don Imus, radio host, made racist and sexist remarks about the Rutgers University Women’s Basketball team. The slurs he made triggered a national uproar over popular vulgar and offensive language that comedians, hiphop artists, shock jocks, etc. use in a broad range of public programs. Click here for more information.
- March-April 2007: Statements released at the 4th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/hrc07/index.html
- March 26, 2007: For Immediate Release
‘Yogyakarta Principles’ a Milestone for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights: Experts Set Out Global Standards for Sexual Rights and Gender Equality (Arabic, English, Español, Français, Polski, Български)
- March 13, 2007: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in Proposed U.N. Women's Agency Gains Key Ally, by Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service News Agency http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36889
- March 6, 2007: Launch of Women Won't Wait: End HIV and Violence Against Women. Now. campaign and release of Show Us the Money: Is Violence Against Women on the HIV&AIDS Funding Agenda http://womenwontwait.org
- February 26-March 9, 2007: CWGL participates in the 51st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
- February 14, 2007: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in NGOs Campaign for New U.N. Women's Agency, by
Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service News Agency http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36570
- January 18, 2007: Action on Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS: Bringing Together Research, Policy, Programming and Advocacy - Meeting Report
In August 2006, the Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University organized a consultation to discuss the linkages between Gender Based Violence (GBV) and HIV with a view to understanding common challenges and informing research, advocacy, policy and practice. A small group of organizations and experts working at the intersection of GBV and HIV came together to share lessons learned from working from a variety of entry points, including human rights, gender, feminism, sexuality, and sexual rights, at global, national and local levels, using various methods and within different country contexts. The report summarizes discussions, outcomes, and recommendations from the consultation.
- December 7, 2006: View photos from Claiming Our Rights, Defending Our Future: Celebrating 16 Years of 16 Days of Activism event, held in New York City.
- December 4, 2006: Submission to the OHCHR on HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence against women, for the United Nations Secretary General report on HIV/AIDS, Center for Women’s Global Leadership (US), in collaboration with Action Aid International, Action Canada for Population and Development/ACPD (Canada), Center for Health and Gender Equity/CHANGE (US), Center for Reproductive Rights (US), Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer /FEIM (Argentina), Gestos-Soropositividade, Comunicação e Gênero (Brazil), International AIDS Women's Caucus, International Women’s Health Coalition/IWHC (US), and Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network/LACWHN.
- November 29, 2006: For Immediate Release
Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS: Human Rights Report Focuses on Women's Advocacy
- November 25 - December 10, 2006: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html
- November 24, 2006: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, interviewed in Women and the United Nations Today, a radio program distributed and co-produced internationally to member stations on three continents through Canadian radio syndicate WINGS - Women’s International News Gathering Service http://womennewsnetwork.podbean.com/2006/11/24/women-and-the-united-nations-today
- November 24, 2006: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in U.N. Women Primed for Stronger, Central Agency by Bojana Stoparic,
WeNews correspondent http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2972/context/archive
- November 9, 2006: Coherence Panel Issues Recomendations to Strengthen Work on Gender Equality in the UN http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/unadvocacy/index.html
- October 9, 2006:
For Immediate Release
UN: New Report Says Violence Against Women Is a Human Rights Violation
Classification Obliges States to Punish Perpetrators and Prevent Abuse
- September 2006: The UN Secretary General's in-depth study on violence against women is now available on the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) website as a background document for the 61st session of the General Assembly: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/violenceagainstwomenstudydoc.pdf. The presentation to the Third Committee of the General Assembly and launch is scheduled for Monday, October 9, 2006. In preparing the study, the DAW solicited input through a variety of means, e.g. holding expert group meetings, forming an advisory committee and creating an NGO taskforce. The Center for Women's Global Leadership was a member of the NGO taskforce and Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, served on the international advisory committee.
Please visit http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/unadvocacy/index.html for further updates on NGO activities related to the release of the study.
- August 2006: 16 Days Theme Announcement
- August 2006: New CWGL report: Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS
- August 2006: International Feminist Task Force for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Statement on the situation in Lebanon
- August 2006: International Feminist Task Force for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Statement to the XVI International AIDS Conference August 14-18, 2006 Toronto, Canada
- August 2006: CWGL activities at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/HIVAIDS/toronto.htm
- Updates on CWGL Advocacy at the United Nations: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/unadvocacy/index.html
- June 2006: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in United Nations: Post-War Peace Building Still a Boys Club, by Thalif Deen in TerraViva-EUROPE http://www.ipsterraviva.net/Europe/article.aspx?id=3505
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Research and Service of Center Executive Director Honored by Rutgers Board of Trustees: On May 4, 2006, Charlotte Bunch, CWGL Executive Director and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, received the Rutgers University Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research for the year 2005 – 2006. The award honors faculty members who have made distinguished research contributions to their discipline and/or society at large. University President Richard L. McCormick presented the award and honorarium to Charlotte and other university honorees at a ceremony and reception at his home. In 2002, she was selected by the Board of Governors as a Distinguished Service Professor, and was awarded annual funds to support her ongoing research in the field of women’s human rights. |
- March 2006: Article on 16 Days Campaign in Peacework online magazine, Ending Violence Against Women http://www.afsc.org/pwork/0603/060312.htm
- March 2006: As part of the Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) consortium, CWGL was acknowledged by the New Jersey state legislature. View resolution.
- December 21, 2005: Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice moves headquarters, transitions to rotating coordination. Press Release (Word, PDF)
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- The Center for Women's Global Leadership joins more than 200 organizations and individuals in opposing U.S. policies that affect AIDS funding.
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