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| 12.07.10 | Aim for human rights celebrates creation of “UN Women” after years of advocacy As an active member of the GEAR – The Gender Equality Architecture Reform Campaign, Aim for human rights is pleased to announce that the United Nations has established “UN Women” on Friday, 2 July 2010. This new entity has been sought by women’s organisations and other civil society actors around... More |  |
| 11.07.10 | In Memoriam: Patricio Rice (Argentina) We just got the news of the sudden death of Patricio Rice, and we find it hard to believe, as we saw him just days ago full of life and of energy. His last weeks have fully been at the service of the struggle for human rights, in particular the ones against Torture and enforced disappearances. More |  |
| 05.07.10 | Human rights impact resource centre to be revised The Human Rights Impact Resource Centre is an online interactive platform that provides access to information on a rights-based methodology called human rights impact assessment. Currently Aim for human rights is updating the Resource Centre. More | |
| 16.06.10 | Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI) completely revised The Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI) is a strategic tool to enhance lobbying activities for better implementation of women's health rights. It has been completely revised and is now available on the Human Rights Impact Resource Centre. More |  |
| 22.04.10 | Martha Meijer, managing director, leaves Aim for human rights Martha Meijer will retire from her position as managing director of Aim for human rights on May 1, 2010. She has led the human rights organisation since 1994. During this period, the small Humanist Committee on Human Rights (HOM) developed into the internationally operating Aim for human rights. An... More |  |
| 15.04.10 | Human Rights Impact Assessment guide for businesses published in China The Social Resources Institute (China), funded by SOMO and Oxfam Novib, has translated corporate social responsibility reports to Mandarin. They selected Aim for human rights' "Guide to Corporate Human Rights Impact Assessment tools" as one of the documents for their translation project. More |  |
| 13.04.10 | Supreme Court: Position on women Dutch political party (SGP) violates CEDAW Aim for human rights is pleased with the decision of the Dutch Supreme Court that the SGP may not exclude women in their party to be candidates for the elections. The Netherlands must now take effective measures to make sure the SGP stops this exclusion of women. Aim for human rights was amongst... More | |
| 30.03.10 | Aim for human rights gives workshop on human rights impact assessment tool in New York From March 1-12 2010 the Commission on the Status of Women (a commission of the economic and social council of the United Nations, ECOSOC) held their yearly convention in New York. The theme of this year’s convention was ‘Beijing +15’, referring to the current implementation level of the 1995... More |  |
| 16.03.10 | Project: Zwervers op het Asfalt (Wanderers on the Road) Zwervers op het Asfalt (Dutch for Wanderers on the Road) is a project that addresses human rights violation throughout the world. April 10 2010, Jasper Hoogers and Ralph van Bemmel, the students from Amsterdam leading the project, will start their journey. With an old Volkswagen van they will... More |  |
| 02.03.10 | Aim for Human Rights at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Every year the Commission on the Status of Women, part of ECOSOC (the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations) holds a convention in New York to discuss gender equality and emancipation of women. This year Loeky Droessen and Marije Nederveen from Aim for Human Rights join the Dutch NGO... More |  |
