Center for Women's Global Leadership

CWGL Statement on International Women's Day 2020

8 March 2020: We believe that women’s rights are human rights. Today, we celebrate the courage of women to rise in the face of adversity, and flourish inspite of conflict at home, in the workplace, in our communities and in the world. Despite women’s ability to rise, we recognize the challenges women have to overcome to be taken seriously and meaningfully included in decision-making processes. We...

Anya Victoria speaks at launch of Report on "Women's rights in review 25 years after Beijing"

Anya Victoria, the Senior Coordinator of Feminist Alliance for Rights at CWGL was one of the Speakers at the press launch of UN Womens "Women's rights in review 25 years after Beijing" Report in New York City. Speaking alongside UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and others, Anya highlighted her journey as a young activist. "Young feminist activists have always played an...

UN High Level International Women's Day event to feature Charlotte Bunch

The Founding Director of CWGL, Charlotte Bunch will be a featured Speaker at the 'I am Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights' High-Level event by UN Women in commemoration of International Women's Day at the UN Headquarters on 6th March 2020. The event will be moderated by Sade Baderinwa of WABC News and consist of two high-level panels which include Speeches by H.E. António Guterres,...

CSW64 WGL Advisory

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Greetings from the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (WGL). In light of the amendment of the format of the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and cancellation of all side and parallel events associated with CSW64 as announced by the UN Secretary General on 2 March 2020, WGL wishes to advise the following. As you know, WGL and partners had...

WGL to convene global dialogue on ending gender-based discrimination and violence in the world of...

New York City [28 February 2020]: The Center for Women’s Global Leadership (WGL) will convene the Global Dialogue on Ending Gender-Based Discrimination and Violence in the world of work on the margins of the annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2020. The event will bring together key influencers to witness testimonies from women workers and hear from government...

CSW Events

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CWGL Participation in IPU Forum of Women Parliamentarians

Written by MaryBeth Bognar, Program Coordinator Photographs: Interparliamentary Union On April 6, 2019, CWGL’s Executive Director Krishanti Dharmaraj presented during the Forum of Women Parliamentarians that took place at the 140th Interparliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Doha, Qatar. Under the panel theme of “Equality at Work”, Krishanti emphasized the need to end gender-based violence and...

Side event at UNPFII 2019: Harassment and violence against women in the world of work

Written by Anya Victoria, CWGL Consultant Photographed by Tapio Keihäs, Chirapaq The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) is committed to advancing substantive equality for women in the world of work by using an intersectional approach. For this reason, CWGL and the United States Human Rights Network (USHRN) co-organized a side event at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) to...