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‘Investing’ in Women’s Rights: Challenges and new trends

Posted in Financial Flows, Private Sector & Corporate Power on April 12th, 2013 by AWID Staff

Angelika Arutyunova. Women’s rights activists and advocates are not the only ones talking about the importance of inclusion of women and girls in the development processes. From the World Bank to corporations, investing in women and girls trend has picked up over the past years. At the same time, AWID’s Where is the Money for […]

Sexuality

Posted in Sexuality on October 25th, 2012 by AWID Staff

The current dominant economic system has profound impacts on women’s sexual and reproductive rights and LGBTQI rights—including and beyond the commodification of sex, sexuality and women’s bodies. Times of economic crisis often lead to even greater attempts to control sexuality and further limit access to sexual and reproductive health services and rights, especially for women […]