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The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) is a coalition of organizations from Canada, Poland, India, Egypt, Argentina and South Africa, that work together to advance human rights related to sexuality at the United Nations.
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- 2019 Jul 17What Happened at the 41st Session of the Human Rights CouncilThe 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from June 24 to July 12, 2019. Below you will find information on some of [...]
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Despite the strong pushback, #hrc41 made important gains this year. @ARROW_Women @ReproRights @SexualRights @AWID @CHOICEforYouth @PlanGlobal @RFSU @actioncanadashr @ippf, federation 4 women & planning & Coalition of African Lesbians applaud @UN_HRC
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We applaud #HRC for the critical gains this year. We have to re-emphasise universality, interdependence, indivisibility & interrelatedness of human rights, and to create global solidarity across movements
Read our joint statement #HRC41
Want to know what happened at #HRC41?? Read our summary on #SexualRights related resolutions, statements and events! sexualrightsinitiative.com/20…
See this thread by @SexualRights on the resolution on #VAW in the world of work which was finally adopted by consensus ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpag… #HRC41 twitter.com/SexualRights/s…
After the rejection of all amendments, draft resolution A/HRC/41/L.5/Rev.1 on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work is adopted by consensus: ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpag… #HRC41 #SRHR #BodilyAutonomy #CSE #GirlsParticipation #GirlsRights
After several delegations regret the attempts to go back on #HRC agreed language on #CSE, and highlight the importance of #CSE in the context of eliminating violence against women & girls, amendment A/HRC/41/L.44 is rejected by 25 to 15 votes, with 6 abstentions. #HRC41 #SRHR pic.twitter.com/Dozk5JRlhy
#Bahrain and #Russia's proposed amendment A/HRC/41/L.43 seeking to remove girls' participation and girls' right to have control over and decide freely on matters related to their sexuality is also rejected by 28 to 10 votes, with 8 abstentions. #HRC41 #SRHR #GirlsRights pic.twitter.com/662tyKMUPK
Amendment A/HRC/41/L.38 proposed by #Egypt & #SaudiArabia to remove "intimate partner violence" from the text is rejected by 27 to 14 votes, with 5 abstentions. #HRC41 #IPV #SRHR pic.twitter.com/5E93A12LLj
Delegations also regret the many attempts this session to restrict girls' rights across several resolutions, including with regard to their participation, #BodilyAutonomy, #CSE and #SRHR, and stress that #CEDAW and #CRC standards are clear and compatible in that regard. #HRC41
Several delegations oppose the amendments, stressing the relevance and importance of creating safe working environments, and of including intimate partner violence, which is the most common form of violence, in this resolution. #HRC41
#Bahrain, the #RussianFederation and #SaudiArabia also put forward amendment A/HRC/41/L.44 seeking to remove the reference to #ComprehensiveSexualityEducation. #HRC41 #CSE #SRHR pic.twitter.com/xrscXAOZUP
#Russia and #Bahrain have proposed an amendment seeking to remove references to girls' rights, incl. to meaningful participation and to have control over and decide freely on matters relating to sexuality. The amendment also contests that gender stereotypes are negative. #HRC41 pic.twitter.com/hPQO9gdRAw
#Egypt and #SaudiArabia have put forward an amendment seeking to remove reference to "intimate partner violence" (A/HRC/41/L.38). #HRC41 pic.twitter.com/AwLvbtjcAN
The draft resolution also seeks to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences for a period of 3 years. #HRC41
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