August 2010
Mary Robinson shared a dream with Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary of the World YWCA, to bring a group of women leaders to Zimbabwe to show solidarity with women there working to foster democracy and human rights.
After connecting with African women who shared that same dream, they led a mission to Zimbabwe in April 2010. This video reflects on what turned out to be a historic visit.
July, 2010
This video provides a glimpse into the lives of street vendors in Liberia and how Realizing Rights and our partners seek to promote the right to decent work for all. Realizing Rights staff interviewed informal traders about their progress in getting organized and improving their situation and Realizing Rights President, Mary Robinson, visited the leaders within the petit traders union.
July 2010
Working Paper by Civil Society Advisory Group on Women, Peace, and Security (CSAG)
In March 2010, the United Nations established the Civil Society Advisory Group on Women, Peace, and Security (CSAG) to advise the Secretary-General and the High-Level Steering Committee of UN agencies and entities on ensuring a coherent and coordinated approach to protecting women's rights during armed conflict and ensuring their full participation in all conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction processes.
March 2010
The interview was conducted in Geneva on 13 January 2010 by Toni Pfanner, Editor-in-Chief of the
International Review of the Red Cross, and Deborah Casalin, Assistant Editor and published in March 2010 in Volume 92 Number 877 of the International Review of the Red Cross.
November 2009
Author: Elizabeth Umlas
This independent analysis, based on a review of 57 recent sustainability reports from companies representing a range of industry sectors, presents examples of encouraging trends in human rights reporting, as well as indications of key areas where there is room for improvement. The analysis was undertaken as part of a wider effort – Human Rights: A Call to Action – aimed at fostering improved understanding of how and why to publicly disclose policies and practice relating to human rights and how to embed this better understanding into global reporting standards.
October 2009
Authors: Heather Grady with support from Irina
Bazarya, Scott Jerbi and Jennifer McCarthy
This background paper "Fostering Equitable and Sustainable Development: The Role of
the Private Sector and Trade in Times of Economic Turmoil" is a contribution by Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative to discussions during
the European Development Days 2009. It was commissioned by the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Authority (SIDA).
June 08, 2010
Researchers have reported the first significant drop in maternal mortality in decades. However, Mary Robinson, on NPR's 'Talk of the Nation', warns it's far too soon to celebrate. Each year, hundreds of thousands of women around the world die during pregnancy and childbirth, the great majority in developing countries, where complications from pregnancy are all too often endemic.
