Stories of impact
GI-ESCR has provided vital technical support and achieved ground-breaking outcomes that are respected within and beyond the human rights community. We are increasingly recognised as a leader in economic, social and cultural rights advocacy and litigation.
Illustrations of impact can be found throughout the annual report. Here we list significant examples that demonstrate how GI-ESCR's work with its partners is making a difference in people’s lives.
MANIFESTO FOR PUBLIC SERVICES
Working alongside other members of the Public Services Facilitation Group, for which it acted as secretariat, GI-ESCR played a leading role in developing the ‘Global Manifesto for Public Services’. this landmark initiative calls for a new approach to public services that will address current crises and build more sustainable, socially just and resilient economies and societies.
InDIGENOUS WOMEN OF UNIÓN HIDALGO TAKE THEIR GRIEVANCES TO UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS
With ProDESC, a Mexican civil society organisation, GI-ESCR helped identify the gender impact of a large wind park built in the Zapotecan indigenous community of Unión Hidalgo, in the windswept Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. We organised a dialogue with women human rights defenders in the community at which they analysed the disproportionate impacts on women’s rights of the project.
PROMOTING A PARTICIPATORY CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PROCESS IN CHILE
GI-ESCR has become a key player in Chile’s social and political ecosystem. Recognised for its expertise on economic, social and cultural rights and its support for a participatory constitutional reform process, GI-ESCR constantly engages with unions and social organisations, NGOs and members of the constitutional convention. To take advantage of the unique opportunity in Chile and to meet the commitments we have made, we reinforced the Chile team in 2021 and developed specific tools for promoting public participation, including Distrito Global and La Constitución es Nuestra, digital platforms for information and collaboration.