"Access to Justice for Women Human Rights Defenders" CSW70 parallel event

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In the context of escalating attacks and reprisals against women human rights defenders (WHRDs) globally, the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition and its members invite you to a CSW parallel event entitled “Access to Justice for Women Human Rights Defenders”. 

Our cross-regional panel will offer an intersectional analysis of WHRDs’ access to justice and the structural barriers that impede it. Speakers will explore how WHRDs are criminalized, harassed, and silenced for their activism in diverse political and social contexts, and will highlight effective documentation, advocacy, and protection strategies that sustain their work and resilience. 

Drawing on concrete examples of transnational solidarity, the event will emphasize the importance of collective action and cross-movement collaboration in advancing accountability, protection, and justice for WHRDs worldwide.

📅 March 10
🕒 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
📍 UN Church Center, 11th floor, New York City
🗣️ Languages: English and French (interpretation provided)

Speakers:

  • Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of the Amnesty International
  • Emilie De Wolf, Advocacy Co-coordinator, IM-Defensoras
  • Amel Hadjadj, Journal féministe algérien, Alliance féministe francophone
  • Tatiana Mukaniré, SEMA network, Democratic Republic of Congo

Special guest: Lopa Banerjee, Director, Civil Society Division, UN Women

Please register here: http://bit.ly/3OdYoEC 

The event is co-organised by the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Amnesty International, Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras), Coalition of Women Human Rights Defenders in the SWANA region (WHRD MENA), Women’s International Peace Center and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and UN Women, and co-supported by the Alliance féministe francophone (AFF).