The United Nations 61st Commission on the Status of Women meeting was held in March 2017 in New York. IWRP facilitated a panel discussion on accessibility and employment issues for women with disabilities. Panel members – Meenu Sikand, CEO of Accessibility for All and IWRP Disability Adviser; Susan Bazilli, IWRP Director; Charlotte Mcclain-Nhlapo, Global Disability […]

In October 2016, the Prime Minister of Canada appointed IWRP F ounder and first Director , Marilou McPhedran, as an independent Senator to the Senate of Canada. IWRP knows that she will bring her life ‘s work on women’s equality and human rights to Ottawa while she addresses issues of Senate and governance reform. We congratulate […]

Today, August 19, 2016, we are proud to announce the one year anniversary of the Report the Abuse Project! https://www.reporttheabuse.org/ As of now, RTA has become an independent NGO based in Geneva, directed by the founder, Megan Nobert. Here is a message from Megan today:  This release was originally intended to serve as an announcement of […]

We are delighted to announce that Marcia Kran, the IWRP Senior Advisor on International Human Rights law, has been elected to the UN Human Rights Committee. She is the first Canadian to be elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in more than a decade. In her new role, the lawyer and former international civil […]

IWRP is working with the Women’s Human Rights Institute and the Due Diligence project for the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women In Law and in Practice to produce a Compendium of “good practices” in eliminating discrimination and empowering women. The report will focus on the processes by which laws that support women’s equality and […]