ERA’s National Gender Equality Plan project aims to produce a comprehensive, holistic gender equality plan that brings together key recommendations from civil society for Federal-level policy actions and identify gaps that require further research and policy attention. The Plan is in response to the need for a holistic and interconnected approach to policy responses to gender […]
“Historically, the Bangkok Regional Review meetings have provided more space for civil society than many other forums, with the negotiation opened to the observation of – and therefore are accountable to – civil society; women’s organisations and feminist groups. The annual negotiations at the CSW in New York, in comparison, are closed and as such […]
“When the government decides to spend taxpayer dollars they’re not focusing on what we need to be safe, to be financially secure, to be equal. The sort of things I’m talking about are unexpected things like, what’s our trade policy doing for women? What’s the policy on rural and regional infrastructure doing?” Dalley-Fisher said. ERA […]
Over 50 people joined us (in person and online) last week for the National Women’s Alliance’s #CSW63 pre-departure briefing. There was a great deal of information sharing and connecting before take off for the UN Commission on the Status of Women next month! Participants heard from previous delegates, workshopped issues and CSW strategy and received training in “internationalising” […]
The Commission should affirm that women and girls’ access to social protections is a human right. Accessible and affordable service provision by public or private actors is critical for the realisation of many human rights, particularly social and economic rights such as the right to housing, health, education and food.
Gender budgeting should “eradicate gender asymmetry in budgets” by covering expenditure and revenue measures. This process should include analysis of the investment required to achieve gender equality in Australia in order to translate gender equality goals into budgetary commitments.
The Australian government recently delivered its first Voluntary National Review on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. ASAP Oceania has coordinated experts on several aspects of poverty to write brief, accessible responses to what the government writes about poverty (understood in a broad, multi-dimensional sense) in this review.
ERA has started work on the lead up to CSW63 in New York in March 2019, and we would love you to be involved! What is CSW? The official answer is that the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a Functional Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. A […]
We’ve unpacked some of the gender related indicators in Australia’s first Sustainable Development Goals report to the United Nations.
ERA partnered with Susan Hucthinson to provide this run down on some of the key domestic policy issues that came under the microscope at the UN for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Stay tuned for actions you can take in 2017 to advocate for women’s rights and gender equality in Australia
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