The series aims to foster collective reflection among activists, practitioners, organisations and communities on how we can, together, further develop the human rights framework as an axis and tool for transformative change to tackle imbalances of power, social and economic injustices, and environmental degradation.

The idea of the series is to invite advocates, activists, practitioners, academics and organisations to reflect together on how to further develop the human rights framework so that it remains an effective tool against imbalances of power, social and economic injustices, and environmental destruction.

Through this collective reflection, we aim to map as well as develop innovative ways and policies to push new frontiers in the field of human rights, allowing to bring about transformative change and re- organise societies in which everyone can live in dignity and fully enjoy their rights. Please reach out to us via email: info@gi-escr.org

Contributions may cover a wide range of topics: 

• Inequalities, in particular between and amongst social and economic groups

• Governance and organisation of public services

• Fiscal policies

• Intellectual property and access to medical products

• Privatisation and commodification of ESC rights

• Women’s economic empowerment

• Just transition, renewable energy and gender & climate justice

• Environmental crisis and inter-generational equity.

• In March 2021 we published From gender-responsive to gender-transformative public services | GI-ESCR brief on women and public services.

• In May 2021 we published Will the pandemic force the shift? | GI-ESCR’s new publication on opportunities and avenues out of the COVID-19 crisis.

• The third edition contains a contribution by the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on an energy intervention conducted in Rural Bihar, India comprised of the promotion of Solar Home Systems in low-income communities. The brief discusses the impact of this local intervention on energy patriarchy and on gender relations critically examining its potential to improve women’s livelihoods and transform uneven power relations between local women and men.