Capacity Building

WLUML networkers champion women’s rights the 26th Session of the Human Rights Council

Eight WLUML networkers from Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria headed to Geneva this month to take part in the two-week Human Rights Defenders Advocacy Programme hosted by the International Service for Human Rights. Under the Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation (WELDD) programme, WLUML sent their networkers to join 12 other participants from around the world working on diverse issues such as indigenous and environmental rights, corporate responsibility, and LGBTI rights.

Senegal: WELDD West Africa Feminist Leadership Workshop

Bustling Senegal set the scene for passionate debate, robust reflection, slam poetry and much laughter this April at the first West Africa transformative feminist leadership workshop - brought together by our Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratization programme (WELDD). An impressive group of emerging female leaders from Mali, Niger and Senegal came together for five intense days of capacity building, awareness-raising and strategizing under the blazing Dakar sun.

Afghanistan: Support for ministry of women's affairs

Rights and Democracy sends emergency aid for Afghan women.

Discrimination against women in Arab world 'legally sanctioned' agree experts

Legal experts found similarities in their respective countries' legislation that were discriminatory towards women.

Worldwide: Women's Human Rights Net (WHRNet)

WHRNet relaunch their news section for International Human Rights Day.

Afghanistan: Update on the Declaration of the Essential Rights of Afghan Women

Negar-Support of Women of Afghanistan was invited to attend the transfer of power ceremonies in Kabul on December 22, 2001.