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COVID-19 public health mural in Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya April 14, 2020
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United Nations System

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Statement on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and economic, social and cultural rights, 17 April 2020.  Department of ...

Last update 30 Nov 2020
Artists from Belluno representing through arts the international women's day
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The World's Women 2020 - Trends and Statistics

Five years after its adoption of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and 25 years after the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ...

Last update 9 Nov 2020
Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the occasion of her first opening statement at the Human Rights Council
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Michelle Bachelet statement on the death penalty and torture for sexual crimes

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday called on governments worldwide to redouble their efforts to prevent rape and other forms of sexual violence, improve access to ...

Last update 9 Nov 2020
Women's meeting in the Peasant Reserve Zone Perla Amazónica - Puerto Asís (Colombia)
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Women’s cuerpo-territorio: a space of domination and resistance against patriarchal extractivism

Michela Lonardi holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova - Department of Political Science, Law, and International Studies. This In ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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Presentation of the Guidelines on International Protection and Violence against Women

Thursday the 24th of September 2020, at 10:00 AM, the event will be live streaming on the Facebook pages of @centrodirittiumani @CentroAntiviolenzaPadova.e.Provincia Presentation of the ...

Last update 30 Oct 2023
Alessandro Passaro, Pausa Reiki, 2013
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Seminars “Women Peacebuilders” and “Women Human Rights Defenders”

The October 31st, 2020 is the 20th Anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which has paved the way for the development of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and today ...

Last update 8 Sep 2020
The gender pay gap is unacceptable
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Right to equal pay: European Committee of Social Rights finds violations in 14 countries

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has found violations of the right to equal pay and the right to equal opportunities in the workplace in 14 out of 15 ...

Last update 2 Jul 2020
GREVIO's First Report on Italy
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On male violence against women: GREVIO’s First Report on the application of the Istanbul Convention in Italy

On 25 May 2020, the Human Rights Centre held a web seminar on the first GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report on Italy on legislative and other measures giving effect to the provisions of the Council of ...

Last update 27 May 2020
Leaflet International conference "On women's rights: between violence and exploitation"
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GREVIO published the first four-year General Report on its activities

Progress achieved and obstacles remained in efforts to stop violence against women The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence ...

Last update 17 Apr 2020
Whats new in Human Rights Doctoral Research, vol. 1 cover
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Volume I, 2017

edited by Pietro de Perini and Marco Mascia This edited book collects critical state-of-the-art analyses of a series of relevant topics for human rights research, prepared by doctoral students ...

Last update 12 Mar 2021
Leaflet International conference "On women's rights: between violence and exploitation"
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International conference "On women's rights: between violence and exploitation", University of Padova, November 11-12, 2019

The International Conference is organized by the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies and the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” of the ...

Last update 22 Nov 2019
logo "Bridging the gap"
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Annual event “Bridging the Gap – Inclusive Public Policies and Services for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities”, Rome 14 November 2019

The European project “Bridging the Gap – Inclusive Public Policies and Services for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities” is celebrating its 2019 Annual Event on November 14th ...

Last update 29 Oct 2019
Press release in support of women's right to a positive work environment and for government to take workplace sexual harassment cases more seriously
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Strong-Women Leadership in Africa: How women parliamentarians are changing the policy making in Uganda

Takatso Joanne Mohlakoana holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This In Focus article is excerpt from her master thesis, discussed in ...

Last update 21 Nov 2019
African migrant women on a boat
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Women and Migration: between Violence, Discrimination and Intersectionality

Elena Galzignato, holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance & International Relations obtained in the framework of the double degree programme established between ...

Last update 23 Sep 2019
Group of Nepali women at a training on the cultivation of mushrooms.
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Microfinance and women’s empowerment in Nepal

Martina Giulia Daelli holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. She is currently a trainee at the Italian Sustainable Investment Forum in ...

Last update 27 Aug 2019