Rights and Wrongs, Gender Equality and the International Organisations

 
This seminar provides an opportunity to become acquainted with gender experts and programmes within various International Organisations based in Geneva and working on the reduction of gender inequalities in fields related to development and international studies. The rights-based perspective is the red thread throughout the interventions by guest speakers who present policies, tools and programmes, and shed a critical light on the outcomes of their work, in terms of both advancements and difficulties. The seminar aims at enhancing critical assessment of the implementation of the CEDAW and of the commitments made by governments through the Platform of Action of the Beijing Conference, both considered as internationally acknowledged prerequisites for global justice and peace.