- 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
- WEI Comments on the USAID 2020 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy DraftThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has drafted the 2020 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy and has solicited comments from organizations including WEI before it is finalized. Although USAID has indicated that this policy is undergoing review and revision, to date a revised policy has not been issued to this more than twenty-three year old policy. According to USAID, “the Policy will affirm USAID’s vision of a prosperous and peaceful world in which women and girls, and men and boys enjoy equal economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights and are equally empowered to secure better lives for Continue reading WEI Comments on the USAID 2020 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy Draft
- Equal Justice Works Fellowship Fall 2021Women Enabled International (WEI) is now accepting expressions of interest from U.S.-based law students in their final year of school or recent law school graduates to partner in developing a proposal for a two-year Equal Justice Works (EJW) Design-Your-Own Fellowship that, if selected by EJW, would begin September 2021. Continue reading Equal Justice Works Fellowship Fall 2021
- WEI Submission on Domestic Violence and COVID-19 at the Intersection of Gender and Disability to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence against WomenAlongside the global COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increased risk of domestic violence for women, girls, non-binary, trans, and gender non-conforming persons with disabilities. WEI reported information from its own research and that of organizations around the world to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women about this “hidden pandemic” of domestic violence. Continue reading WEI Submission on Domestic Violence and COVID-19 at the Intersection of Gender and Disability to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
- Response to U.N. Special Procedures Questionnaire on COVID-19 and Human RightsWEI, as a member of the Nairobi Principles Working Group, submitted information to several U.N. human rights experts on the situation of rights related to gender, disability, and sexuality during the COVID-19 crisis. This information will be used to inform the global human rights response to this pandemic. Read or download the submission:
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