A Parallel Event to the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women, CSW70
Join us in a discussion on defending gender justice in a time of institutional crises and eroding access to justice. Researchers from different regions share insights from case studies on the erosion of gender justice, and push-back on strategies for progress, to debate with the audience on urgent needs for defending and advancing access to justice for all. Legal systems are struggling to eliminate discriminatory laws. Policies and practices are becoming less inclusive whilst structural barriers take new forms. What can different actors do to turn the tide together?
This discussion on defending gender justice in a time of intensified backlash against women’s rights, institutional crises and eroding access to justice draws on recent multi-year research from across the global South. The panel of experts from Bangladesh, Brazil, Lebanon, Uganda and the UK will be guided in an interactive format to briefly share their insights from findings on the erosion and push-back against gender justice, interspersed with facilitated audience questions for a live discussion on what is needed to defend and advance access to justice for all. We will first root the discussion in brief insights from policy case studies from Global south – ranging from family law to domestic violence and sexual offences legislation – which illustrate the persistence of discriminatory laws, and the shrinking space for inclusion in policy and practice, as structural barriers deepen and take new forms. We will then also share strategies adopted by women and human rights defenders to navigate these challenges and to resist the erosion of gender justice at multiple levels. What can different actors do together?
Co-chairs: Laura Turquet, UN Women, and Jerker Edström, IDS
Speakers:
- Sohela Nazneen, IDS, Uk
- Lata Narayanaswamy, University of Leeds, UK
- Maíra Kubik Mano, Nucleus for Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies (NEIM/UFBHA), Brazil
- Tessa Lewin, IDS, UK
- Sofia Orrebrink, Sida, Sweden
- Vivek Rai, UN Women
Where
- In person only
- Salvation Army (Lower Level), 221 E. 52nd St. New York, NY 10022
When
- Friday 13th March, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (EST)
Register
- Register on the NGO CSW website: Event #18459