On Monday 11 June 2018, UNPO submitted a report for the 72nd session of the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), during which Ethiopia will be under review. The report focuses on the Ogadeni and Oromo communities and highlights the way in which the women from these peoples face double discrimination, both due to their ethnicities and to...
On Monday 11 June 2018, UNPO submitted a report for the 72nd session of the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), during which Ethiopia will...
As one on the most exposed social groups in the Chittagong Hills Tracts (CHT) region, in Bangladesh, indigenous women – and particularly girl s- continue to be subject to severe human rights violations,...
Documentary Screening at Atelier Marcel Hastir (Rue du Commerce 51, 1000 Brussels) Maya in Action - Narratives of resilience in Guatemala/Soigner nos droits - La voie des femmes mayas 10 April 2018 |...
Mona Silavi Today [8 March 2018] is International Women’s Day, the day on which women from all around the world stand up for their rights and the rights of their sisters. A day on which to stand...
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, 7 February 2018, Somaliland’s Ministry of Religious Affairs passed a religious edict against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM),...
Photo Courtesy of Direct Relief @Flickr In recent Somaliland elections, candidates of all three political parties pledged that upon success they would commit to ending the practice of...
Photo Courtesy of HWSTAP The event that gathered Hmong women from across the United States (US) was held at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Within the scope of the summit, women thought about...
Photo Courtesy of Flickr Yann Renoult A recent report by the Kurdistan Human Rights Association reveals that the poverty of Iranian Kurdistan is impairing the education of students in the region. Unfortunately,...
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international membership-based organization established to empower the voices of unrepresented and marginalized peoples worldwide and to protect their fundamental human rights.