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April 2018

NEWSLETTER

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Strategizing on economic policy and human rights
Strategy meeting on economic policy and human rights

Building on ESCR-Net’s Global Strategy Meeting in November 2016, members of the Economic Policy Working Group outlined projects to advance alternatives and popularize human rights critiques over the next two years.
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ESCR in conflict settings

Through a series of online conversations, ESCR-Net members have embarked on a global discussion about advancing ESCR in conflict and post-conflict environments.
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Global conversations to advance ESCR in conflict and post-conflict settings
 
Land, housing and natural resource rights

Foregrounding women’s rights and leadership, members from several working groups examined ESCR-Net’s recent work on land, housing and natural resources and explored openings for ongoing collective action.
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Considering ongoing collective work on land, housing and natural resources
 
Collaborating with IACHR

Members from the Corporate Accountability and Strategic Litigation Working Groups engaged with the recent meeting of the Inter-American Commision on Human Rights via collective submissions, joint meetings and public events.
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Deepening engagement with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
 
Community-led monitoring

Eight ESCR-Net member organizations reflected on their own work and engaged with the question: What does it mean for monitoring processes to be “community-led” in practice?
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Communities telling their own stories: a report on our experiences
 
Promoting the rights of rural women at CSW62

Building on collective work to advance women’s rights related to land, housing and natural resources, members discussed issues impacting rural women with fellow civil society advocates, state representatives and UN official at the 62nd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
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Promoting the rights of rural women at CSW62
 
Announcements

May 2018:

  • In Lake Bogoria, Kenya, ESCR-Net and the Endorois Welfare Council will facilitate a human rights advocacy workshop for Endorois women leaders.

  • In Nairobi, Kenya, the Social Movement and Women and ESCR Working Groups will coordinate a global exchange of indigenous and grassroots women leaders involved in land struggles.
 

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