Realizing Rights: Action Updates
2010
The final months of our work at Realizing Rights produced a number of important results which are presented in this, our final Action Update. On 14 December 2010, in New York, Realizing Rights staff, partners and supporters gathered to celebrate the culmination of our joint endeavors and look ahead to the opportunities for new beginnings.
As Realizing Rights approaches its planned end in December 2010, we know there is so much still to be done to realize human rights for all ??? and that our partners, and the programs and institutions we have helped launch, will continue to make the case for why human rights matter. Join us for a final event to celebrate achievements and learn more about the work of our partners as they move ahead.
Featuring news about the G8 meeting in Canada, the collaboration with Amnesty International to shine a light on the importance and positive impacts of human rights commitments, the Women Deliver conference, the tenth anniversary of UNSCR 1325 in October 2010, Climate Wise Women, and the upcoming event to mark the planned end of Realizing Rights in December 2010.
Featuring news about the CSW session at UN Headquarters in New York, International Women's Day 2010, a multistakeholder event reflecting on COP15, the Institute of Human Rights and Business, the program 'Global Health & Development', and the World Day of Social Justice.
Featuring news about plans for Realizing Rights' final year of 2010, the Colloquium on Human Rights in the Global Economy in Geneva, the new Health program, Global Health and Development, the world's first climate hearing in Copenhagen, and the tenth Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
2009
Featuring news about Mary Robinson's visit to four African countries, the Jobs|Justice|Climate rally in New York City, WLIF's support in co-convening an event on "Peace and Security through Women???s Leadership: Acting on 1325 and Climate Change" during the United Nations General Assembly, the Vancouver Peace Summit, the Middle East visit by The Elders, and a contribution by Mary Robinson in The Lancet.
Featuring news about the ILO Conference 2009, the Health Worker Migration Global Policy Advisory Council's most recent meeting in Washington D.C., Increasing Momentum for UNSCR 1325 National Action Plans, and the 2009 Global Humanitarian Forum. Also, Realizing Rights Senior Adviser Scott Jerbi discusses the evolution of the business and human rights debate within the UN system, and where it may be heading in the time ahead.
Includes articles on the International Colloquium on Women???s Leadership, Empowerment, Peace and Security in Liberia, the World Day of Social Jusctice, Health Worker Migration, and how the 'War on Terror' eroded Human Rights worldwide.
2008
Includes articles on Green Jobs and the Right to Decent Work; the Brain Drain of Healthcare Workers from developing countries; A Call to Action on Reporting; Mary Robinson on Bloomberg Night Talk - an interview with Mike Schneider; Women in Power - Is a new generation of women on the rise?
Includes articles on the first ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, the Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the Global Community of Practice on Health Worker Migration, the Realizing Rights staff trip to Liberia (to launch a program of work in conjunction with the government of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf), and also the Global Compact US Network's first working symposium.
Includes articles on the launch of the Every Human Has Rights campaign, Mary Robinson's interview on the crisis in Darfur and Chad by David Frost, the launch of an Arab chapter of WLIF in Jordan, the Global Compact Human Rights Working Group, the ILO Fourm on Decent Work for a Fair Globalization and the meeting of parliamentarians from Botswana, Kenya, Namibia and Tanzania in Nairobi, Kenya for improving women's health.
2007
Includes articles on Ministerial Leadership for Global Women's Health Initiative, the Realizing Rights staff visit to Ghana, the Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative, the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, the Realizing Rights staff visit to Kenya, and the marking of the mid-way point for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Includes articles on International Women's Day, the IBLF debate - "Caught in the Headlights", the LA meetings on Migration in Major Cities, Mary Robinson's radio interview on KPFK and online discussion in association with the International Herald Tribune.
Includes articles on the World Social Forum 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya, the World Economic Forum 2007 in Davos, Switzerland, a Leadership Summit for Women and Girls held in Cape Town, South Africa, the Human Rights obligations of corporations and more.
Includes articles on the situation in Darfur, Mining and Human Rights in Ghana, Climate Change, International Migrants' Day and the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Women's Health.
2006
Includes articles on the breakdown of the WTO DOHA Trade Negotiations, the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, the UN General Assembly High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum, and much more.
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