Curious about General Comments & Recommendations within UN Treaty Bodies?

In this video, we explain why these are useful to advance #sexualrights, and how activists can engage in this process.
https://youtu.be/78o3I8TA8Pk

#CERD is a UN treaty body. Want to learn more on how you can use treaty bodies to advance #sexualrights ?

Watch our video here:
https://youtu.be/RNnPK8nBWzQ

The relationship between #health, #race, #class and #gender is rooted in colonial, patriarchal and capitalist control over women’s sexuality, reproduction and bodies and produces distinct experiences of oppression that are often fatal. #SRHR #sexualrights #CERD

SRI works to advance the right to #bodilyautonomy for all, including and especially for marginalized people, and resists such attempts to separate or isolate some groups or issues from that broader struggle.

#intersectionality #feminism #sexualrights

In our view,  obstacles to legal gender recognition constitute institutional gender-based violence. In this context, we believe that engaging with this mandate-holder sends the signal that her narrative is acceptable.

#SOGIE #SRHR #sexualrights

SRI understands #GBV to go beyond interpersonal violence and to also include the whole gamut of economic, social, psychological and political structures and norms that maintain binary gender categories and roles.

#SOGIE #SRHR #sexualrights

We told the Special Rapporteur that we fundamentally reject her arguments seeking to pit ‘women’s rights’ - for instance, the right to access shelters for survivors of violence - against ‘trans rights’, and to treat them as separate or competing.

#SOGIE #SRHR #sexualrights

The Special Rapporteur’s position clearly undermines trans rights and contradicts established human rights standards and her own mandate - all in the name of feminism.

#SOGIE #SRHR #sexualrights

Last February, as a feminist coalition, we published a statement on the Special Rapporteur on #VAW, Reem Alsalem, harmful position on gender identity.

📰⭐️Read it here: https://bit.ly/SRISRVAW

#SOGIE #SRHR #sexualrights

Save the date! Our next hybrid side-event at #HRC52 will discuss Health, Human rights and Capitalism. Join us in person or online on Monday 20 March at 13:00 CET. Register now here: https://www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2023-mar/hrc-52-sri-side-event-health-human-rights-and-capitalism-implications-human-rights

#humanrights #capitalism #health #feminism #sexualrights

We will follow these resolutions closely as the realisation of the full range of #sexualrights for all cannot be achieved without addressing economic inequalities and #poverty. Learn more about these resolutions and other sexual rights-related resolutions in our full round-up on our website. https://www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2023-feb/heres-what-expect-hrc-52

As we embark on another year of #activism for sexual rights, we wanted to share with you our highlights of 2022. Last year, the SRI made steadfast progress in advancing #sexualrights in the UN #HumanRights system. Read more ➡️ https://www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2023-feb/2022-review

@UNHumanRights Statement to Session 4: Session 4: Investing in social spending, tackling inequalities and promoting economic policies that advance greater realization of economic, social and cultural rights: https://www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2023-feb/statement-ohcrc-workshop-promoting-and-protecting-economic-social-and-cultural-0 Watch here: https://www.kaltura.com/p/2503451/embedPlaykitJs/uiconf_id/49754663?iframeembed=true&entry_id=1_zmy1qn2e

#EconomicJustice #RacialJustice #COVID19 #SexualRights