- Temporary Consultant Position OpportunityWomen Enabled International (WEI) is now accepting applications for a Temporary Consultant to provide parental leave coverage from March 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021. This could be either a part-time or full-time temporary consulting position for 25 to 40 hours per week, depending on the availability and expertise of the candidate. Continue reading Temporary Consultant Position Opportunity
- U.S. Organizer Position OpportunityWomen Enabled International (WEI) is now accepting applications for a U.S. Organizer to support and coordinate cross-movement advocacy by disabled women, girls, and gender non-conforming and non-binary activists, women’s rights activists, disability rights activists, and allies in the United States. Continue reading U.S. Organizer Position Opportunity
- New Fact Sheet Available: Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Conflict and Humanitarian EmergenciesWomen, girls, and gender non-conforming people with disabilities are disproportionally impacted by conflict and humanitarian emergencies due to multiple forms of discrimination that heighten exclusion and risks. Despite the important perspective they can bring to addressing these challenges, women with disabilities are routinely excluded from peacebuilding and recovery processes. Failure to engage women with disabilities in these efforts perpetuates exclusion, discrimination, and violations of their human rights. Women Enabled International is deeply concerned by this issue. Please read our new Fact Sheet, which offers guidelines for governments on what they must do to realize the rights of women and girls with disabilities in conflict situations. Continue reading New Fact Sheet Available: Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Conflict and Humanitarian Emergencies
- Statement on Abortion Access in PolandWomen Enabled International is deeply concerned about the decision by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruling unconstitutional Poland’s law permitting abortion on grounds of “a severe and irreversible fetal defect or incurable illness that threatens the fetus’s life.” This decision effectively bans access to safe and legal abortion for women—including women with disabilities—in Poland, violating the fundamental human rights of Poland’s women. Continue reading Statement on Abortion Access in Poland
- The loss of a true feminist iconWomen Enabled International deeply mourns the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a true feminist icon, brilliant thinker and advocate for the rights of women worldwide. —Stephanie Ortoleva Continue reading The loss of a true feminist icon
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