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To strengthen women's resilience to disasters, make the wealthiest pay their fair share

To strengthen women's resilience to disasters, make the wealthiest pay their fair share

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR10 March 2023Women's ESC rights

#8M - Towards a feminist energy transition

#8M - Towards a feminist energy transition

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR8 March 2023Women's ESC rights, Climate change & human rights

We celebrate the call for the first Latin American Summit for global, inclusive, sustainable and equitable taxation

We celebrate the call for the first Latin American Summit for global, inclusive, sustainable and equitable taxation

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR17 January 2023fiscal policies

GI-ESCR thanks its former Board Chair Ms. Margaret Satterhwaite and welcome her appointment as New Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

GI-ESCR thanks its former Board Chair Ms. Margaret Satterhwaite and welcome her appointment as New Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR17 October 2022

GI-ESCR participated in radio program to discuss the energy transition as a human rights and gender issue

GI-ESCR participated in radio program to discuss the energy transition as a human rights and gender issue

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR26 July 2022Climate change & human rights

CSW66 adopts new standards relevant for achieving a feminist energy transition

CSW66 adopts new standards relevant for achieving a feminist energy transition

Articles / op-eds / press releases, EventGI-ESCR8 April 2022Women's ESC rights, Renewable energy & gender justice

Message from our ED on International Human Rights Day

Message from our ED on International Human Rights Day

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR13 December 2021Strengthening human rights frameworks

UN experts call on all Électricité de France (EDF) key stakeholders to uphold their human rights obligations in the development of a wind-farm in Unión Hidalgo, Mexico

UN experts call on all Électricité de France (EDF) key stakeholders to uphold their human rights obligations in the development of a wind-farm in Unión Hidalgo, Mexico

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR11 December 2021Renewable energy & gender justice

Defending and enhancing our public services against the far right | Read op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Rosa Pavanelli In Mediapart

Defending and enhancing our public services against the far right | Read op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Rosa Pavanelli In Mediapart

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat18 June 2021Private actors & public services, COVID-19 & ESC Rights

Magdalena Sepúlveda is awarded New Executives Fund grant by Open Society Foundations

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat18 June 2021Legal advocacy, Strengthening human rights frameworks

Reversing growing healthcare commercialisation trends | Rossella De Falco and Rosa Pavanelli's open-editorial makes the headlines of Italian newspaper Il Manifesto

Reversing growing healthcare commercialisation trends | Rossella De Falco and Rosa Pavanelli's open-editorial makes the headlines of Italian newspaper Il Manifesto

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat11 June 2021Legal advocacy, Private actors & public services

A fiscal policy to guarantee rights in the new Chilean Constitution | Read our op-ed!

A fiscal policy to guarantee rights in the new Chilean Constitution | Read our op-ed!

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat1 June 2021Chile, Private actors & public services

20,000 tonnes of toxic waste in Arica: the environmental crime that neither Sweden nor Chile is taking responsibility for | Read op-ed by Marco Orellanas and interview

20,000 tonnes of toxic waste in Arica: the environmental crime that neither Sweden nor Chile is taking responsibility for | Read op-ed by Marco Orellanas and interview

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat31 May 2021Chile, Climate change & human rights

Women’s Equality Starts With Ending the Tampon Tax | Read op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Catarina Albuquerque

Women’s Equality Starts With Ending the Tampon Tax | Read op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Catarina Albuquerque

Institutional engagement, Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat28 May 2021Private actors & public services, Women's ESC rights, Legal advocacy

GI-ESCR calls for Bridge International Academies to be held accountable in Kenya

GI-ESCR calls for Bridge International Academies to be held accountable in Kenya

Update from Geneva, Articles / op-eds / press releasesTeresa Mutua18 April 2021Kenya, Right to education, Private actors & public services

Human Rights and Universal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Does the Human Rights Council Resolution go far enough? | Read our op-ed in Opinio Juris

Human Rights and Universal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Does the Human Rights Council Resolution go far enough? | Read our op-ed in Opinio Juris

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat24 March 2021COVID-19 & ESC Rights, Right to health, Private actors & public services

Taxing better to invest in public services for more caring and feminist societies - Read Magdalena Sepúlveda's op-ed in the media

Taxing better to invest in public services for more caring and feminist societies - Read Magdalena Sepúlveda's op-ed in the media

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat9 March 2021Private actors & public services, Women's ESC rights

Renewable energies: a fair transition for women? | Alejandra Lozano and Magdalena Sepúlveda sign an op-ed in México Social

Renewable energies: a fair transition for women? | Alejandra Lozano and Magdalena Sepúlveda sign an op-ed in México Social

Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat2 March 2021Climate change & human rights, Women's ESC rights, Renewable energy & gender justice

Press release: a major step towards equal matrimonial rights for African women

Press release: a major step towards equal matrimonial rights for African women

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR11 November 2020Women's ESC rights, Women's rights to land

Tax abuse, money laundering and corruption plague global finance, FACTI Panel reports

Tax abuse, money laundering and corruption plague global finance, FACTI Panel reports

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGI-ESCR24 September 2020