Take Action

CWGL often receives requests for suggestions on how to get involved in women's human rights issues. We periodically list items we think may be of interest. If you would like to post an item on this page, please email cwgl@rci.rutgers.edu.

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Take Action Archives

Statements

• June 2011: Women from Around the World Condemn Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Iraq.
  Spanish, French, CWGL's video statement
• December 2010: Statement on the killing of Marisela Esobedo Ortiz, Mexico
• CWGL CEDAW Statement: The Center for Women's Global Leadership, as part of the U.S. CEDAW Taskforce, collected signatures for the below statement which was delivered to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on November 18, 2010. For the last 31 years, women's rights advocates have been campaigning for U.S. ratification of CEDAW and finally we hope to see movement and strong support from the U.S. government of women's rights domestically and internationally! Serious About Women's Rights? Then the U.S. Must Ratify CEDAW

Action Alerts

• MADRE: Floods in Pakistan. Women and children in Pakistan need your help today.
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
• World Organization Against Torture
• Amnesty International

Films & Videos

• CWGL on YouTube! In an effort to raise public awareness about the realities of violence against women (VAW) in all of its manifestations, CWGL has filmed a series of videos on VAW. These videos are located on www.YouTube.com and can be embedded onto your website or social-networking site. To view CWGL's other videos on a range of women's human rights issues, please visit our profile page.
• All of Us (film)
• Poverty, Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals: Voices from the Elders, Every Human Has Rights Campaign (film)
• VANAJA (film)
• Pray the Devil Back to Hell (film)

Other Activities/Campaigns

• Nairobi Declaration on Women's and Girls' Rights to Remedy and Reparation
• Women for Wik - Monitoring the Federal Action in the Northern Territory (Australia)
• UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
• Women's Call for Peace, CODEPINK
• Claiming Equal Citizenship: The Campaign for Arab Women’s Right to Nationality, Women's Learning Partnership
• Support the 1,000 Hearts Campaign!, Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust (RCCTT), South Africa
• How to Make a Complaint to the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Online - A FREE CONFIDENTIAL ONLINE SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
  
• Go Vote, Go Run, Go Lead, Go Girl, an initiative of the White House Project
• A Call to Action: Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, Feminist Majority Foundation
• "See Change" campaign: Change the Holy See's status at the United Nations, Catholics for a Free Choice
• Condoms4Life campaign, Catholics for a Free Choice
• Lutheran Volunteer Corps: LVC is a year-long service program for people 21 and over seeking to unite faith, social justice, community living, and simplicity. Volunteers are matched with non-profit organizations in ten metropolitan areas across the United States. They work full-time in various positions ranging from direct social services, to political advocacy, community organizing, education, and activism while living in intentional community
  
• nGoAbroad: nGoAbroad is a clearinghouse and referral service that custom-fits peoples' skills, interests and goals with international humanitarian needs, with an emphasis on women's needs
• Online Volunteering Service: The Online Volunteering (OV) service, managed by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, connects online volunteers with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN organizations and academic institutions all over the world. Online volunteers translate documents, edit and prepare proposals & press releases, research topics and gather data, create web pages, brochures and newsletters, offer professional expertise and advice, manage other online volunteers, and more...
• Protest the killings of women in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
• World Volunteer Web: The WorldVolunteerWeb.org supports the volunteer community by providing a global one-stop-shop for information, resources, and organizations linked to volunteerism