October 17, 2017 On the first panel of the GQUAL Conference, GQUAL Secretariat member Maria Noel Leoni presented new research on the under-representation of women on international tribunals and monitoring bodies. Her discussion included the unveiling of the GQUAL Ranking, which ranks countries that have
Two years ago, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) came together with representatives of States, and internationally renowned scholars, lawyers, jurists and activists, to launch the GQUAL Campaign at UN Headquarters in New York City. Our goal was to raise awareness about the
Argentina’s Attorney General Alejandra Gils Carbó, along with 20 other government representatives, signed the GQUAL Declaration. Read about the proceedings by clicking on the official press release (spanish only): http://www.fiscales.gob.ar/genero/el-ministerio-publico-adhirio-a-la-campana-para-la-paridad-de-genero-en-la-representacion-internacional/
President Trump provoked outrage and ridicule in January when he signed the anti-abortion “global gag rule” surrounded by a group of stern-looking white men. “As long as you live you’ll never see a photograph of 7 women signing legislation about what men can do with
Six civil society groups, among them GQUAL, presented a letter to the Consultative Group of the Human Rights Council in relation to the appointment of four Special Procedure mandate holders at the Human Rights Council’s 35th regular session. The appointment of independent, impartial, competent and
The GQUAL Campaign, in tandem with its partner organizations and individual members, submitted a letter today encouraging the new members of the Human Rights Council´s Consultative Group to adopt “Guidelines on Gender Parity” for the selection process of all UN special mandate holders. It would
By Mary Dahdouh ’18, Vaitiari Rodriguez ’17, Miguel Zavala ’18 International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Last week, International Women’s Day reminded us -as it does every year- of the strength and resilience of women. Yet, to this day,
On March 8th, the world will be celebrating International Women’s Day. In light of these festivities, the GQUAL Campaign hosted a series titled “#PodcastsforParity” in collaboration with American University’s Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Washington College of Law. Featuring GQUAL Team
By Josephine Dawuni, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Howard University At the recently ended 28th African Union Summit, held January 22-31 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the African Union has finally made good on its promise to promote gender parity on the African Court on
On the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce’s Centennial celebration, Ambassador Marie Jacobsson, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and GQUAL signatory and partner-in-promoting-parity presented the Swedish Women’s Mediation Network (SWMN) during a symposium held at the Arbitration Institute. During her speech, Ms. Jacobsson referenced GQUAL’s work in