Gender equality Archives

A Snapshot of the Global SOGIESC Movement in Canada

Published in 2023

Overview of Canadian organization’s involvement in transnational advocacy and in international spaces for LGBTQ2I people and communities rights. Also available in French.

Guide rapide d’écriture inclusive d’Equitas

Published in 2023

Quick guide on Equitas’ French inclusive writing practices since 2023, which revolves on two main techniques, i.e. epicene writing and truncated form, but also syntactic feminization and non-binary writing in certain cases. Only available in French.

The community strengths approach for promoting women’s engagement

Published in 2023

This good practice, developed in collaboration with partners of the Rawabet Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa region, aims to integrate community members and actively involve them from the beginning to the end of the activities. To address the power imbalance, it is important that marginalized people, especially women, actively participate in the […]

Intercommunity collaboration

Published in 2023

This good practice demonstrates the extent to which the decentralization of human rights education activities and the use of local actors for their implementation contribute to the advancement of human rights, including gender equality. Also available in French.

Strategies to enhance participation of women and marginalized people

Published in 2022

This good practice explores the creation of inclusive conditions for greater participation of women and traditionally marginalized people in human rights education activities. It proposes tangible measures to reduce barriers before, during and after a human rights education activity. Available in French.

Reflecting critically on messages conveyed by educational activities on gender-based violence

Published in 2022

In order to contribute to deconstructing the power imbalances that sustain gender-based violence, this good practice informs us on the importance of thinking critically about the discourses on gender based violence our human rights education activities produce. Available in French.

Integrating a trauma-informed approach into human rights education work

Published in 2022

A trauma-informed approach allows human rights educators to carry out their activities, particularly activities related to sensitive topics, in a manner that mitigates the risk of reproducing harm. The following examples of how to integrate a trauma-informed approach are drawn from human rights education activities in Tanzania that aim to address gender-based violence, particularly sexual […]

Gender-sensitive budgeting in human rights education activities

Published in 2022

This good practice offers guiding questions and reflections on how to include a gender perspective while budgeting for human rights education activities that took place in Kenya. It defines the term “gender-sensitive budgeting”, and highlights the importance of adopting a gender-sensitive budget to advance gender equality. Also available in French

What is intersectionality?

Published in 2022

This video was created as part of the Global Rights Connection 2022 human rights online training. It does a quick review of how the concept of intersectionality was developed and how it is used today as a framework to situate oppressions, as well as how it fosters inclusivity. Also available in French.

Bridging our Diversities: Gender Equality

Published in 2022

Learn how leading human rights educators promote gender equality through human rights education. This chapter of Bridging our Diversities: A Compendium of Good Practices in Human Rights Education provides concrete examples of how gender equality can be integrated into all phases of a human rights education initiative. Also available in French