Enhancing the Promotion and Protection of Women's Rights: A Training Course for Civil Society Organisations

The training also focused on the assessment of existing and emerging legal and policy issues relating to women’s rights and gender equality from a human rights perspective in order to apply these insights within domestic, regional and international advocacy agendas.

'We worked very closely with the colleagues from the Irene M. Staehelin Foundation in order to design a course that would respond to the exact needs of the audience', adds Victoire Berrebi, Project Assistant for the Geneva Human Rights Platform. 'We identified together not only the topics that would be of most relevance to our participants, but, taking into account the different time zones involved, also the dates and times that would be most accommodating for the entire group'. Lead by Dr Joanna Bourke Martignoni, a recognized expert in women’s rights and development, the training course saw interventions by experts and practitioners, including mandate holders working in the relevant UN mechanisms.

'The training course has equipped me with skills that enhance my effectiveness as a development practitioner. I was glad to learn how constituencies in different parts of the world have leveraged on the international human rights instruments such as the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its committees to bring justice to victims in their countries', says Fridah Githuku, Head of Programme, Women’s Rights, at the IMS Foundation.

Other Trainings offered by the Geneva Human Rights Platform, including those on Business and Human Rights and Protecting Human Rights and the Environment, can be found on the List of Upcoming Training Courses.