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Challenging austerity

Megan Stodel29 June 2016

While George Osborne warns of cuts ahead, Megan Stodel draws attention to the UN's recent conclusion that the UK's austerity agenda is breaching human rights obligations...

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“What if I take my problem to the United Nations?” UK Government’s record on human rights up for review

Guest Blogger23 May 2012

Charlotte Gage is a Policy Officer at the Women's Resource Centre. She is working with a coalition of women's and human rights organisations to raise the issu...

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UN Women’s first report

zohra6 July 2011

Today UN Women launched Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice, its first major report since its doors opened at the start of this year. Th...

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UK welcomes UN statement on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Helen G22 March 2011

Via the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website: Foreign Office and Equalities Ministers have welcomed the statement on "Ending acts of violence and related hu...

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Becoming a Godmother for the first time…

Guest Blogger4 February 2011

Jema Davis is a returned volunteer from VSO and is studying part time for a Masters in peace studies Worldwide more than 60 million girls have been forced into...

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