The GQUAL Campaign and the International Disability Alliance call States Parties to the CRPD to undertake a participatory, democratic and quality nomination and election process in 2018 to achieve gender balance of CRPD Committee membership In June 2read more
On February 6, 2018, in the framework of the hearings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Linda Loaiza’s case was finally carried out. This iconic case of violence against women was plagued by irregularities, impunity and gender prejudice. read more
The GQUAL Campaign called on current members of the Consultative Group of the Human Rights Council to take gender parity into account in the upcoming elections of mandate-holders that will take place during the 38th session of the Human Rights Council (HRread more
What is the impact of having a more gender-balanced tribunal? Does this really affect the outcome of a decision? The question of whether or not women judges make a difference in court rulings has been long debated. While evidence from research is incoread more
The GQUAL Campaign, the International Disability Alliance and the International Disability and Development Consortium call upon States Parties to promote gender balance as well as quality and independence amongst the experts within the elections for the Cread more
The selection and appointment of Special Procedure mandate holders, through a transparent and merit based process, on the basis of relevant expertise for the mandate in question, real and perceived independence, impartiality, personal integrity and objectread more
You. Me. And this campaign make three…years of#ChangingthePicture. Check out our twitter @GqualCampaign starting today from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. EST for a walk down social media memory lane on some of GQUAL´s highlights (and be sure to tweet your ownread more
In light of our 3rd Anniversary, the GQUAL Campaign hosted a new version of our“#PodcastsforParity”- or #PodcastsforParityv.2.0 if you will- in collaboration with American University’s Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Washingtread more
Check out our podcast with Ana María Menendez, UN Under Secretary General and Senior Advisor of the Secretary General on Policy, where we discuss the synergies between GQUAL and the UN Secretary General´s plan to promote parity within the United Nationsread more
Check out or Podcast with Melissa Upreti, Member the Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice, where we discuss the importance of law with a gender based perspective! SPEAKER #PODCASTFORPARITY Melissa Upreti Member of the Workiread more
