VIDEO: Achieving and Sustaining Gender Parity in the UN Special Procedures
Last June 28, in the framework of the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council/ HRC in Geneva, we held an online side event with important experts.
Out now: our 2019 Activities Report
2019 was a busy year for the GQUAL Campaign. To date, GQUAL has successfully drawn global attention to the need and importance of women’s equal representation in international justice and the relation that exists between the lack of women in these bodies and the legitimacy
SIDE EVENT AT #HRC41: Gender Parity in UN human rights bodies and mechanisms
ORGANIZED BY: GQUAL, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Women@theTable, Center for Justice and SPONSORED BY: Permanent Mission of Mexico WHEN: 27, June, 2019 – 3.30 – 4.30 PM WHERE: Conference Room VIII, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10 WHAT: The forty first regular
#CSW63 SIDE EVENT// Women Delivering Justice: Investing in Women Justice Professionals for the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda
The equal and effective participation of women in all aspects of justice delivery is a human right and a crucial element of good governance, reaffirmed by Sustainable Development Goals 5 (gender equality and women’s empowerment) and 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions). Despite SDG 16’s
GQUAL turns three
You. Me. And this campaign make three…years of#ChangingthePicture. Check out our twitter @GqualCampaign starting today from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. EST for a walk down social media memory lane on some of GQUAL´s highlights (and be sure to tweet your own at us!)
Organizations call on States Parties to restore gender balance to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The GQUAL Campaign, the International Disability Alliance and the International Disability and Development Consortium call upon States Parties to promote gender balance as well as quality and independence amongst the experts within the elections for the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD
GQUAL’s panel presentation on the dimensions of the under-representation of women
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
LIVE: The GQUAL Conference kicks off today at 5 p.m. NL time!
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
African Women Judges and Gender Parity on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
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