U.S. Plays Spoiler at Annual Gathering on Women’s Rights

U.S. Plays Spoiler at Annual Gathering on Women’s Rights

Activists and civil society groups considered the political declaration recently adopted at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) gathering as a victory against strong opposition from the United States. However, women’s rights groups remain deeply concerned that despite 30 years of advocacy, the declaration reflects minimal progress in advancing gender equality as politics disrupt gains and funding continues to lag. The document, focusing …

Photo provided A long table, on which there were breads and flowers, was surrounded this morning with the presence of about 50 people, mostly women. All with different thoughts and causes, but moved by the eagerness to hear what feminist leaders had to say around a common slogan for the fourth edition of the conversation We are We: resist, insist and advance. It is that the airs of uncertainty that feminist and social justice movements have alwa…

West Island women’s rights activist delivers powerful message at the UN

West Island resident Linda Sestock addressed the United Nations last week, delivering an urgent message about the fragility of women’s rights worldwide.