By Catherine Walters, YWA Advance 2016 Delegate For me, the best thing to happen in 2017 (so far!) was the Women’s March. It was inspiring, courageous and empowering to see so many like-minded people, all coming together to protest issues that...
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It’s the final night in Geneva for Nina, Amelia and me, and our time here as NAWO youth delegates is nearly over. It’s very strange to think back to last Thursday, when I still wasn’t quite sure what CEDAW actually meant...
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What a day! Today we went to the combined sixth and seventh periodic report for Ireland on how they’ve implicated the articles of CEDAW. It was interesting to see how the level of detail that the experts went into differed from...
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Nina, Katherine and Amelia from NAWO’s Young Women Alliance attended February’s CEDAW meeting at the United Nations in Geneva February Read below to find out about their experience Our second day at CEDAW has come to a close...
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By Mei Jayne Yew, YWA Advance Delegate 2016 Every woman has been told, by a family member, friend or colleague, a shocking story, or a terrifying recount of an act of violence or sexual discrimination against another. One in three of them...
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By Jenny Coates, YWA Advance Delegate 2016 Hard to monitor and even harder to combat, everyday sexism and an increased use of rape jokes foster the violence against women so prevalent in today’s society. Often passed off as merely...
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On the 30th November 2016, The National Alliance of Women’s Organisations held a fantastic day at the Houses of Parliament, to celebrate the success of their Young Women’s Alliance Advance initiative during the #16days of activism to...
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by Precious Kennedy-Hamilton, YWA Advance Delegate 2016 In a country consumed by Brexit, a new Prime Minister and the US elections, Europe’s Refugee Crisis has been somewhat put to one side, however the dismantling of the Calais ‘Jungle’ Camp has...
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by Mei Jayne Yew, YWA Advance Delegate 2016 Sexism is nothing new to me, with incidents I can link back to the earliest years of my adolescence teaching me that women are regularly targeted solely for being women. It horrifies me that girls from...
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In September 2016 the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his 2016 State of the Union address. Building on the political priorities of the Commission, President Juncker announced a series of major initiatives on...
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Global Citizens Youth Advocates Symposium This all-expenses paid trip will not only provide exceptional young advocates with direct exposure to the work of Global Citizen and skilled development practitioners, but also equip them with innovative...
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The United Nations World Youth Report on Youth Civic Engagement published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), outlines the various ways young people engage politically, economically and in their community. The Report was...
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