Our new project - Sisters Doing It For Themselves - will create a unique oral herstory archive, documenting the testimonies of current and past leaders. Read more
WRC blog on why commissioning doesn't work for the women's sector. Read more
WRC launch a crowdfund as part of our campaign to reclaim £500 million of the estimated £700 million raised by VAT on period products - commonly known as the Tampon Tax - for dedicated, specialist women’s charities. Read more
Talk delivered by WRC at a UN Women Brunch in 2018. Read more
Welfare and legal reform are not the only factors in this erosion of women’s rights; a misogynistic hegemony is informing political theory and policy. Read more
"If our rights are taken away from us, and we can’t fight on a level playing field to get them restored, then those legal and Convention rights are meaningless. It is vital that individuals and organisation know that they can use this to put pressure on the State for access to equality." Read more
Article 14 requires the UK Government to address the particular issues faced by rural women, taking all appropriate measures to ensure the application of CEDAW Read more
"We can show how women’s Social and Economic rights aren’t being protected or fulfilled under CEDAW, through systems such as Universal Credit, employment contracts and housing provisions" Read more
Access to maternity care is a human right – CEDAW and NHS Charging of Pregnant Migrant Women Read more
"GRT women and girls still experience discrimination in all areas of their lives, especially in their access to education, and subsequently their participation in the work force." Read more
Article 9 underpins the fundamental right of each woman to determine their own nationality and that of their children. The current hostile environment towards immigration is disproportionally impacting already vulnerable asylum-seeking and migrant women and preventing them from accessing this right in a tangible way, due to lack of suitable gender-sensitive measures being implemented, and a fear of the system. Read more
The absence of women from these influential positions results in a lack of women’s voices in decision making and reinforces the huge imbalance of power between the sexes when it comes to leadership. Read more