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Global Rights for Women and Battered Women’s Justice Project Merger Announcement
Global Rights for Women (GRW) has officially merged with the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP), becoming the Center on Global Rights for Women—the latest specialized center under the BWJP umbrella.
Jimmy Carter: Champion of Women’s Human Right to Live Free from Gender-Based Violence
We honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter who served as a world leader, founded a large nonprofit, pursued decades of humanitarian work, penned some two dozen books, and remained an active citizen of Plains, Georgia. As he approached his 10th decade, Carter would have been forgiven for slowing down. But Jimmy Carter did not slow down; he became, instead, an outspoken champion of women’s and girls’ human rights.
Messages of Misogyny on the Rise–and Boys are Listening
In the 1970s, the phrase “Our Bodies, Our Choice” emerged as a battle cry for women seeking to advance women’s reproductive rights. The phrase has been perverted to “Your body, my choice” – a phrase now used to provoke men to take ownership of women’s bodies.
Political Representation of Women Today
Kamala Harris’s unprecedented and historic presidential campaign announcement provides an opportunity to take stock of the state of women’s involvement in politics globally, examine the persisting barriers to women’s involvement in politics and civic life, and how women’s representation in politics has benefited law and policy when it comes to gender-based violence.
The Initiative Advocating for a New Optional Protocol to CEDAW
Discussion and efforts towards a new optional protocol to CEDAW specific to addressing gender-based violence around the world are important to bring legally binding obligations on states.
Part II: Navigating International Legal Challenges: Filipinos Seeking Divorce Abroad, International Law Violations, and Progress in Domestic Legal Reform
Divorce is acknowledged under international human rights law as a means to safeguard families, children, and women while eliminating discrimination. By denying the Filipino population the option to dissolve marriages, the Philippines appears to be in violation of these established international human rights standards.
VFMN Statement on Burnsville Police and EMT Domestic Violence Homicides
As we mourn the losses of Adam Finseth, Paul Elmstrand, and Matthew Ruge, we also call on our community—including our elected officials and reporters—to ensure that the context of their homicides does
not go unspoken and that the female survivors and children be granted the care and consideration they deserve.
The Most Tolerated Human Rights Abuse: Violence Against Women is More Prevalent Than Ever
Despite a drop in the overall number of homicides in both Minnesota and globally, the most recent data from 2022 confirm that the rate of intimate partner homicide actually increased.
Part I: Unveiling the Silent Struggle: Examining the Absence of Divorce on Victims of Domestic Violence in the Philippines
For women in the Philippines seeking to get out of marriages, the absence of divorce provisions for survivors of domestic violence deeply impact women’s economic status and safety.
International Law and Gender Based Violence in Times of Armed Conflict
Gender-based violence remains a brutal reality in the context of armed conflicts. Although there exists an international legal framework to hold violent perpetrators accountable for this violence, it should be accompanied by increased attention from our global community.
Women’s Bodies as Targets for Aggression: Gender-Based Violence in Israel-Hamas War
Global Rights for Women demands an end to patriarchal supremacy that perpetuates conflict and inequality through violent aggression and war. The women of the world, all of them, need all of us to continue to advocate for global change that recognizes the human right to live free from violence.
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