PeaceWomen will be hosting a workshop on financing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in preparation for the 2016 AWID Forum in Brazil, and the High Level Political Forum from July 11-22 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Please see the attached Save the Date for a list of speakers and additional information about the event. More information about the project may be found below.
58th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is Coming Up
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will from the 6-24 June 2016 be reviewing the following countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, France, Honduras, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
On 6 June 2016, the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom’s Disarmament programme, Reaching Critical Will, launched a report, Preventing gender-based violence through arms control, at a side event to the Sixth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS6).
On 6 June, The Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom, launched a report, “Preventing Gender Based Violence Through Arms Control” as a side event to the Sixth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS6). The report discusses tools and guidelines for effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (UNPoA) provisions related to gender-based violence.
