🔴 #AHORA | El gobierno de transición de Siria encontró restos del programa clandestino de armas químicas de Bashar al-Assad, según informa un funcionario sirio a Reuters.
While i would have liked to join this statement and agree with much of its content, i could not do so for two reasons:
1) the statement does not acknowledge that Afghan women and girls are being discriminated against based on their sex. In fact, as i have argued elsewhere it amounts to killing females psychologically or physically to destroy them
In whole or in part (femigenocide) Moreover, considering that gender is the social meaning given to sex, and that these extreme unparalleled policies exclusionary are being imposed by the Taliban but do not enjoy the support of the majority of Afghan society itself, this is more so a case of sex based rather than gender based discrimination. Not to mention that Afghan females cannot “identify” out of their oppression at the moment even if they tried;
2) i have since the beginning not been a supporter of the calls to codify “gender apartheid”
Putting this aside, it is abhorrent this was allowed to happen for four years straight and that the world has normalized it.
#Hollywood @TheAcademy at its misogynistic best. Who benefits from a decriminalized sex trade,@AnoraFilm? Pimps..traffickers..brothels..enriched by men who purchase the most vulnerable women for sex/power/domination.#StayInYourLane Sean Baker https://t.co/8ritCoqn3k
I take this opportunity to remind all stakeholders that the deadline for submitting input to my forthcoming report that I will present at #HRC59 session in June 2025 on “Forms of sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues” is fast approaching and is the 30th of January 2025.
https://t.co/yQQ2h8Ah4d
It has come to my attention that a letter, spearheaded by two international NGOs, is being circulated among stakeholders, calling on them not to respond to my call for inputs for my thematic report due to the allegedly troubling way I raise/frame the issues
It is regrettable that certain organizations, which position themselves as champions of human rights and feminism, have chosen to engage in a campaign to undermine the independent work of a UN-appointed rapporteur because they disagree with the mandate-holder's positions. Such actions are antithetical to the principles that these organizations purport to uphold and are part of an intolerable pattern of direct and indirect incitement against, pressure on, and interference with my mandate and the broader integrity of the system of special procedures of the Human Rights Council.
Any organization that has engaged with special procedures over time are well aware that their advocacy for respect towards mandate-holders can only be credible if applied across the board. Selectivity, including boycott attempts and other incitements to disengage, is anything but principled. If anything, it exposes double standards, hypocrisy and intolerance towards anyone whose views differ from their own - a symptom of the toxic “us versus them” mentality that seeks not to engage, but to vilify and silence. As stated by the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures last year, disagreements should be evidence-based and expressed in a respectful and constructive way instead of resorting to disparaging personal remarks and attacks.
To conclude, I wish to emphasize that my approach to this report - as with previous ones - remains inclusive and impartial. I welcome and encourage input from all stakeholders, irrespective of their stance on the questions contained in the call for input. I will invite stakeholders with diverse perspectives to take part in online consultations to discuss constructively some of the complex issues that the report will raise. Stakeholders who may disagree with the framing or content of any of the questions are invited to articulate their concerns, either in writing and/or during the consultations. As always, written contributions will be published after the report is released, unless submitting organizations and individuals request that they remain confidential.
Thank you very much to all those that have already contributed or are planning to do so.
Announcement: It has come to my attention that an entity is impersonating my mandate and has sent out a request for information, claiming that I am doing a new study on "sex workers". The message is falsely signed by the "secretariat of the special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences".
As many know, I do not use this terminology and I am not carrying out a study of this sort. I have already written a report on prostitution and violence against women and girls which I presented to the @UN_HRC in June 2024. I have therefore not sent out such an email.
@UN_SPExperts
La @DelGobVG informa de un nuevo asesinato en #Madrid. Cinco mujeres asesinadas en tres días y aquí nadie tiene que reflexionar sobre las políticas que lleva a cabo #YaBasta#PorSerMujeres#Hartas
Relatora @UNSRVAW pide reconocer la prostitución como una crisis de derechos humanos y combartirla persiguiendo a los clientes y proxenetas.
https://t.co/w8bGHM3C9x
As the Rapporteur for the #CEDAW General Recommendation No38 on Trafficking in women&girls I am glad @UNSRVAW recent study on prostitution is based on the GR 38, among other documents. A very timely study ! @UN_SPExperts@UNTreatyBodies@JessicaNeuwirth
https://t.co/Owsr7t26UP
Abajo nuestra postura sobre la proposición de ley presentada y aquí 👇nuestra opinión sobre la votación:
¡¡¡Entre impresentables y farsantes anda el juego!!!
Tenemos unos politic@s que las mujeres, al menos, no nos merecemos.
#AboliciónObarbarie#LOASPseráLEY
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[THREAD 🧵] The @CommissionerHR does not understand the realities of the prostitution system.
📣We, 14 organisations representing +2,000 frontline, feminist and survivor-led NGOs, are appalled by her comment on prostitution.
Read our open letter👉https://t.co/ryHNEs6pUz
Monitoring #CRSV remains challenging in the #CentralAfricanRepublic due to widespread impunity, fear of reprisals and the paucity of services.
Accountability and support for survivors must be improved.