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Sexual violence in wartime has a specific history, intent and effect. Understanding what is so different about gender-based war crimes is important, especially as we push for the international community to recognize and do something about it. We are joined by Dr. Cochav Elkayam Levy, an Israeli expert in international law, human rights and gender, who recently addressed the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). In the face of exasperating denial and silence, she continues to lead efforts to agitate for the international community to acknowledge and take urgent action in response to the gender-based atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th. Watch Dr Cochav Elkayam Levy's address to the U.N.'s CEDAW: Gender-Based War Crimes in Hamas' Massacre in Israel Oct 7th 2023 Petitions to sign: 1. If you work at a women's rights, human rights, victims' organization, or legal clinic, sign here. 2. If you are an international law or human rights expert, sign here. 3. If you are a concerned individual, woman, mother or grandmother, sign here.

Bandana Rana is a gender equality advocate and the co-founder of ‘Saathi', who is also a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) with over three decades of expertise in women rights. In this episode of On Air, we talk about media back then, SAARC summit facts, women rights scene, Maoist insurgency, challenges as a woman, and more.

Feminist Question Time Aus/NZ July's webinar is a presentation by COAL - The Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia (COAL) was formed in Australia in 1994 to work towards the end of discrimination against lesbians. COAL lobbies the Australian Commonwealth and other state and territory Governments to remove discrimination against lesbians. COAL lobbied at the UN 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995, and co-hosted the first international lesbian-space tent at the 1995 NGO Forum. Among a number of other organisations, COAL successfully lobbied for the Australian Government to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). They are Australia's national lesbian advocacy organisation and the only United Nations accredited lesbian non-government organisation. Women's Declaration International (WDI) Feminist Question Time is our weekly online webinars. It is attended by a global feminist and activist audience of between 200-300. The main focus is how gender ideology is harming the rights of women and girls. You can see recordings of previous panels on our YouTube Channel. WDI is the leading global organisation defending women's sex-based rights against the threats posed by gender identity ideology. There is more information on the website womensdeclaration.com where you will find our Declaration on Women's Sex-based rights, which has been signed by more 30,000 people from 157 countries and is supported by 418 organisations. This week's speakers: Professor Emerita of Transnational Studies Bronwyn Winter, lives on the land of the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora Nation. She is a long time feminist, lesbian and trade union activist in France, Australia, briefly in the UK, and transnationally. My interdisciplinary academic work has covered various themes, but addressing various forms of violence against women has always been a core preoccupation. Susan Hawthorne is a writer, poet, & political commentator. She is Co-founder & director of independent feminist publisher Spinifex Press Disclaimer: Women's Declaration International (WDI) hosts a range of women from all over the world on Feminist Question Time (FQT) and Radical Feminist Perspectives (RFP) and on webinars hosted by country chapters – all have signed our Declaration or have known histories of feminist activism - but beyond that, we do not know their exact views or activism. WDI does not know in detail what they will say on webinars. The views expressed by speakers in these videos are not necessarily those of WDI and we do not necessarily support views or actions that speakers have expressed or engaged in at other times. As well as the position stated in our Declaration on Women's Sex-based Rights, WDI opposes sexism, racism and anti-semitism. For more information see our Frequently Asked Questions or email info@womensdeclaration.com For more information: www.womensdeclaration.com

Aarefah Mosavi is a proud Muslim-American woman who holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies with a minor in Human Rights from University of California, Berkeley. She has been a staunch advocate for human rights in all forms, with a particular interest in regional conflict, political science, and human rights law. She has also fought for over a decade to get justice for herself after being raped by Chester Brown on her college campus. Targeted due to her gender and religion, Aarefah walks us through how we can support her and all survivors going forward. In this episode, we gather as a community to hold space for Aarefah as she shares a very vulnerable recount of what happened to her. Please sign Aarefah's Change.org petition to stop the cover-up of rape and sexual assault by Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, CA and all School Administrations. Topics/Triggers: Islamophobia, Sexism, and Racism Human rights laws Being sexual assaulted/raped at a college campus The failings of the legal system How seeking justice led to retraumatization + compounding trauma Invalidation and denial at the federal level Why she decided not to go to the Supreme Court Refusing to let the legal system define what happened Where she is with her healing + grieving her youth Toxic masculinity Gender-based discrimination Equal Rights Amendment The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, or the Treaty for the Rights of Women) The legal consent loophole Implicit, prejudicial expectations for proof PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, and a lack of joy Holding space for hope ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you took anything away from today's podcast, please share it with someone who may need to hear it. And if you really want to support the podcast please give us a rate/review. If you or anyone you know is suffering through trauma contact the National Sexual Assault hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or online for 24/7 support. (This podcast is not a replacement for psychotherapy or mental health care. You can obtain a referral for mental health care provider from your primary care physician, or search on Psychology Today's Find a Therapist directory) Find more Initiated Survivor content here and on Instagram!

Natasha Stott Despoja AO is the youngest woman to ever enter Parliament, a former member of the Australian Democrats and currently sits on the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). She has also founded not-for-profit organisation Our Watch, written a book and served on a number of charity Boards. Natasha has also been named as one of the top global influencers on gender policy.

Part of her name means peace and bravery, and Mary Shanthi Dairiam has certainly lived up to that, spending the better part of her life tirelessly advocating for women's rights. The founding director of the International Women’s Rights Action Watch? Asia Pacific (IWRAW-Asia Pacific), she has served as an expert assisting key UN agencies, including the United Nations’ Gender Equality Task Force on the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) committee from 2004 to 2008. In conjunction with Human Rights Day, we speak to Shanthi to track her journey from English teacher to activist, and discuss why this octogenarian continues to fight against inequality.Image credit: Tatler Asia

At Solace House, their services include free, easily accessible counseling and support for individuals who are experiencing suicidal distress, have made a suicide attempt, engage in self-harm and/or have been bereaved by suicide.They also offer Family Support for our clients' loved ones, group bereavement counseling and community awareness workshops. All of the programs we provide are completely free of charge, confidential and conducted by highly qualified Licensed Clinical Social Workers.Danielle came to Solace House in 2017 after working on the Communications and Development team at the Center Against Domestic Violence (CADV), a non-profit providing shelter for survivors of domestic violence. Danielle's role at CADV supported the organization's fundraising/development, events, marketing, communications and outreach efforts. While at CADV, she participated on Cities for CEDAW, New York City Steering Committee. Along with representatives from multiple New York City organizations, she advocated for a local women's bill of rights ordinance based on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Connector.Join us with our special guests, Danielle Gallagher & Elizabeth McInnes.Tune in for this sensible conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.Show Notes‍Segment 1The first segment starts with Tommy introducing the show and today's guests, Danielle Gallagher and Elizabeth Mclnnes. Tommy then sets up the conversation with some background on Danielle, Elizabeth, and Solace House. After Tommy gives some setting background, Danielle gives more specific background on her career. Elizabeth then follows Danielle in giving more specific detail on her background. Solace House began in Ireland and came to New York when a few members came to New York to perform the walking out of darkness into light events. Members walk the streets as the sun is rising and in this event they found that the need for their services were needed in America. Solace House then began their international venture to help more people in America and hopefully one day globally.Segment 2The second segment starts with the show coming up from break. Tommy then asks Danielle and Elizabeth to give more detail on their transition to New York. The first location opened in 2017, located in Yonkers. Danielle then urges the audience to take advantage of the program because it is an absolutely free service. Danielle and Elizabeth then give some detail on the exact process of getting started with Solace House as a client and getting the help you're seeking out.Segment 3The third segment starts with the show coming back from break and Elizabeth then speaks directly to the LGBTQ+ needs regarding mental health. Elizabeth explains that a lot of the times sexual orientation or gender identity are often not tracked when trying to find the reason for suicidal tendencies. This leads to the statistics being skewed and not accurate. Tommy then switches the conversation to what the Solace House needs to grow. Danielle explains that geographical expansion is their main priority. Putting a headquarters in every state and major city. Next, Danielle says funding and collaborations is the next step in growing the organization.‍Segment 4The final segment opens up with Tommy bringing the conversation to the walk out of darkness event. Danielle explains it is about breaking through the stigma of mental health in our country. Starting in the darkness represents the alone feeling most people may feel when first signing up for the service, but eventually bringing themselves to light. The show closes out with Elizabeth giving some insight on how we can see the signs of degrading mental health in our loved ones.

Bandana Rana (Women Rights Activist)Bandana Rana is one of the leading advocates of the women’s movement in Nepal and the world. She is the highest-ranking Nepali woman to lead the UN’s world women committee. She has been promoting women’s rights, gender equity and equality through organizations and networks she founded and led. She has worked from grassroots to national, regional and global levels in programmes for combating gender-based violence and harmful practices against women and girls. She has led advocacy programmes linking United Nations frameworks provided by the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPA). As a broadcast journalist, she has led communication and media programming for addressing gender stereotypes and changing mindsets. She is the former Chair of the National Women’s Commission Nepal (NWCN). She is the Vice-Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Committee (UNCEDAWC). She is the recipient of the 2016 Woman of Distinction Award conferred by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO CSW/ NY) for her dedicated work and contribution to gender equality globally. She was a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Group for the Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and a member of UN-Women’s Global Civil Society Advisory Group from 2012 to 2015. Recently, she has been re-elected to the CEDAW Committee for the second term (2021-2024).live athttps://www.facebook.com/thedeepeshshowhttps://www.youtube.com/thedeepeshshowhttp://www.twitter.com/thedeepeshshowPodcastswww.thedeepeshshow.com#BandanaRana #TheDeepeshShow #NepaliPodcast #aeglobal #giftmandu #liveinterview

In conversation with Prof Fareda Banda Experience has shown the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to be insufficient in addressing certain challenges faced by women across the African continent. Through the discussion with Prof Fareda Banda (SOAS, University of London) the background to the Maputo Protocol (Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa) and distinctions between it and CEDAW are explored. Through building on the international framework, the Maputo Protocol reflects developments in the areas of: intersectionality; the specificities of the African women; decoupling women’s rights from the husband; and in reproductive rights, including access to safe abortions. We discuss how cultural practices can be used as justification for discrimination, whereby Prof Banda explains the cultural recognition within the Protocol and the requirement for women’s participation in their construction. She highlights the positive cultural practices of the continent and the importance of placing them within the treaty framework. We then move to exploring family rights and the protections the Maputo Protocol has ushered in. Prof Banda delves into the provisions on marriage and inheritance and how the new African constitutions are removing discriminatory laws and no longer ringfence customary law from scrutiny. Whether the developments have occurred solely due to the laws in place is considered. Rounding off the discussion, the importance of knowing the African treaty is stressed to facilitate its broader use and in taking ownership of it. This conversation was recorded on 26 March 2019.  Music: Inner Peace by Mike Chino https://soundcloud.com/mike-chinoCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/0nI6qJeqFcc 

Today’s guest is my new brilliant friend, Dr. Mary J. Wardell - an award-winning diversity and inclusion expert, keynote speaker, and human rights and gender equity leader. An educator, higher education executive, author, and thought leader on implementing broad-based diversity strategies, Dr. Mary J. Wardell (she/her) understands the unique duty of leaders to advance social justice and inclusivity in their organizations. Dr. Wardell has served as the inaugural vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of San Francisco (USF) since 2011 and is a leadership, organization, and diversity studies lecturer in the USF School of Education and School of Management. She was the USF Dean of Students from 2008-2011 and co-founded with student activists the on-campus Gender and Sexuality Student Resource Center. Mary is also the author of Amazon best-seller: Twice as Good: Leadership and Power for Women of Color. Mary received the Most Influential Woman award by the San Francisco Business Times in 2017 and won the 2018 Human Rights award by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the 2015 San Francisco Human Rights Commission Hero Award. Dr. Wardell is the Founder of the Latinas in Leadership Forum, an annual empowerment and leadership conference for emerging Chicanx-Latinx leaders based in San Francisco. An award-winning diversity and inclusion expert, keynote speaker, and human rights and gender equity leader, Dr. Mary J. Wardell is well-equipped to guide leaders on getting things right and will guide you to build a pipeline of diverse people who will bring inclusivity into everything they do.   Highlights of our conversation: 3:37 - Growing up in the Jim Crow South 10:05 - The multicultural foundation for a lifetime of learning 11:49 - Noticing the unconscious bias in ourselves and others 16:57 - The first steps to begin your own inclusive journey 20:45 - The difference between equality and equity 27:03 - Three tips to start implementing today 34:45 - Where are we going in this country? 40:56 - The meaning behind Twice as Good 44:44 - How does one manage this serious work with the rest of your life?   Connect with Mary: Contact her organization - http://deileadershipgroup.com Read her book - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NPW4FB9/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Connect on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-j-wardell-ghirarduzzi-2012873/   Credits: Interview: Mary Wardell Theme music: Superstar by Gyom - https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/superstar Podcast edited and mixed by Andrew Geary - spelledgeary [at] gmail [dot] com

Ambassador Diego Gómez Pickering was appointed as Consul General of Mexico to New York City in June of 2016. He is a career diplomat as well as a writer and journalist. Prior to his arrival in New York he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, from 2013 to 2016; as well as Director for Foreign Media for President Enrique Peña Nieto's office from 2012 to 2013. He holds a B.A. in International Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City; an M.A. in Cultural Development from Columbia University in New York City; and a Postgraduate degree in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi, India. He has worked as a journalist for CNN in Mexico City and the Americas edition of the Wall Street Journal; and as an international correspondent for the Panamanian newspaper La Prensa, and various other Mexican and Hispano-American publications such as Reforma, Excelsior, and El Universal in the U.S., Mexico, East Africa and the Middle East. Gómez Pickering has been a consultant and advisor to several UN-system agencies such as UNESCO, the United Nations' Public-Private Alliance for Rurual Development, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (OCHA) and the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Between 2008 and 2011 he worked as a communications consultant for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Damascus, Syria. In 2007 he was based in Kenya after being appointed as Political and Cultural Attaché to the Mexican Embassy in Nairobi. The Diplomatic Mission represented Mexico to six neighboring countries and was the focal point of Mexico to the United Nations' Human Settlements Program: HABITAT and to the United Nations Environmental Program. He is the author of Los Jueves en Nairobi (Thursdays in Nairobi), published in 2010 and La Primavera de Damasco (Spring in Damascus), published in 2013; as well as more than a dozen books of prose and fiction. He has also published numerous editorials and academic and journalistic articles over the past 16 years for prestigious journals from Mexico, Latin America, Spain and the U.S., such as Foreign Affairs, the Journal of International Affairs and Letras Libres. His work has been translated into English, French, Swahili, Arabic and Russian. Ambassador Gómez Pickering is an associate of the Mexican Council for International Affairs (COMEXI) and a member of the board of Child's Fund Mexico and the American Society of Mexico. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese and German. He as been awarded the Victorian Order as Knight Commander by the British government and the Antonio José de Irisarri Order as Knight Commander by the Guatemalan government. In this episode, Ambassador Gómez Pickering shares his one way ticket to biblical Babel. He also talks about what makes Mexico so special, what it was like presenting his credentials to Her Majesty The Queen, and key international issues today. Ambassador Gómez Pickering is just one of the extraordinary guests featured on The One Way Ticket Show, where Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they'd go if given a one way ticket, no coming back! Destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind. Steven's guests have included: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, President Jose Ramos-Horta; Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty; Journalist-Humorist-Actor Mo Rocca; ; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent; Travel Expert, Pauline Frommer, as well as leading photographers, artists, writers and more.

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. Over fifty countries that have ratified the Convention have done so subject to certain declarations, reservations, and objections, including 38 countries who rejected the enforcement article 29, which addresses means of settlement for disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention. Australia's declaration noted the limitations on central government power resulting from its federal constitutional system. The United States and Palau have signed, but not ratified the treaty. The Holy See, Iran, Somalia, Sudan and Tonga are not signatories to CEDAW.

What is CEDAW and why is the US one of only seven countries in the world that hasn't ratified it? In this episode, we unpack the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and discuss how it can be used to advance and protect women's rights in the United States.