Susan Bazilli, Director of the International Women’s Rights Project, attended the Rio+20 conference, working with the Women’s Major Group and UN Women. The IWRP prepared a position paper for UN Women on recommendations for engendering the institutional frameworks for sustainable development options and a paper for UNDP Gender and Governance on women and water. The IWRP also co-organized a […]

International Women’s Media Foundation Conference Pictured here is Melanne Verveer, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, (3rd from Left) with the South African film production crew at the International Women’s Media Foundation conference. The IWRP Director is presently in Afghanistan completing an independent evaluation of the Ambassador’s Small Grants Program for Afghan women.

Dr. Sima Simar with Susan Bazilli: Women’s Rights and Human Rights in Afghanistan Susan Bazilli, IWRP Director, in Afghanistan with Dr. Sima Samar, Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), during the transition from ISAF to Afghan security forces, July 2011. Sima is well known to Canadians and has spoken out constantly about […]