Defending Dignity: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Resources - Author: Allison Corkery, Ignacio Saiz, Kate Donald, Kieren Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Lusiani, Thuy Doan-Smith / Year: 2015
The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) and the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) are pleased to present Defending Dignity: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Despite significant economic growth in recent decades, poverty levels in...
Read MoreRedistributing Unpaid Care Work – Why Tax Matters for Women’s Rights
Resources - Author: Kate Donald, Rachel Moussié / Year: 2016
Globally, women perform the great majority of unpaid care work. This unjust distribution of labour has profound impacts on women’s human rights and is both a product and a driver of gender inequality. Despite the obligations of the State to ensure economic policies are non-discriminatory and prioritize human rights,...
Read MoreFrom Disparity to Dignity: tackling economic inequality through the Sustainable Development Goals
Resources - Author: Kate Donald, Lena Kahler, Nicholas Lusiani / Year: 2016
The briefing explores a critical set of redistributive policies – in the areas of social protection, health, education and taxation – that are key to tackling economic inequality from a human rights perspective. It also explains the equally crucial ‘pre-distributive’ policies – actions governments should take to ensure the...
Read MoreThe Gendered Costs of Austerity: assessing the IMF’s role in budget cuts which threaten women’s rights
Resources - Author: Kate Donald, Nicholas Lusiani / Year: 2017
This briefing paper provides a brief assessment of the changing role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF or the Fund) with regards to one key fiscal consolidation measure: contractions in public expenditure. The briefing explores the Fund’s positive and negative influence over public expenditure decisions, and further explains how...
Read MoreWhat does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women’s rights and gender equality
Resources - Author: Kate Donald, Magdalena Sepúlveda / Year: 2014
Unpaid care work is a critical human rights issue, as well as a major obstacle to gender equality and poverty reduction. This article draws attention to the impact of heavy, intensive, and unequal burdens of unpaid care work on the human rights of women living in poverty, and analyses...
Read MoreAccess to justice for persons living in poverty: a human rights approach
Resources - Author: Kate Donald, Magdalena Sepúlveda /
People living in poverty face numerous daunting barriers to access to justice, denying them the chance to challenge crimes, abuses or human rights violations committed against them. This situation exacerbates their poverty and social exclusion, in a vicious circle of impunity, powerlessness and injustice. Empowering people living in poverty...
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