zohra moosa

Zohra Moosa is Director of Programmes at Mama Cash an international women’s fund based in Amsterdam that supports women’s, girls and trans* rights groups around the world. Prior to this role she was Women’s Rights Advisor at ActionAid UK. Find her on twitter

Movements, money and social change: how to advance women’s rights

At the UN CSW underway in New York, a statement signed by almost 1000 women’s rights organizations calls out the lack of ambition for the scale of the issues at stake, and for real resources and accountability.

By zohra moosa

/ 10 Mar 2015

CSW weather vane: fault lines and prospects for women's human rights

As battles over women’s human rights rage on around the world, governments have gathered in New York this week to set some definitive agreements at the UN’s annual Commission on the Status of Women

By zohra moosa

/ 7 Mar 2014

CSW on balance: did we win?

There is much to celebrate from this year’s CSW, but the failure to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls to be included as a priority in the post 2015 framework, is a clear sign that our work is far from over, says Zohra Moosa

By zohra moosa

/ 21 Mar 2013

CSW: it's time to question the Vatican's power at the UN

In the final days of the UN Commission on the Status of Women summit on eliminating violence against women and girls, the Vatican, in alliance with Iran, Syria and Russia, is working to roll-back agreement on women’s rights. No other religious institution or special interest group has this level o

By zohra moosa

/ 14 Mar 2013

Is the Coalition undermining women's political power?

A recent report warns that UK government policy is set to "disappear" women from a number of key areas, such as economic strategy, policing and healthcare

By zohra moosa

/ 31 Jul 2011

The table around which we didn't sit

CSW has attracted 1000s of women to its proceedings this year, but there is a danger that we are just talking to ourselves. Two sessions on the financial crisis point to the change that is needed.

By zohra moosa

/ 5 Mar 2010

Overdue justice

The next Progress of the World's Women, UNIFEM's flagship biennial report, will be on Access to Justice. I went along to their CSW session to hear their solutions for justice systems that are not working for women.

By zohra moosa

/ 3 Mar 2010

Enter NGO

Much of the negotiations seem to be sewn up before the conference has even started, but NGOs seem two steps behind each development. Is the space for NGO influence shrinking?

By zohra moosa

/ 3 Mar 2010

A reception with Harriet

Minister for Women Harriet Harman visits the CSW for the first time - holding promise for the UK's commitment to the new UN gender entity.

By zohra moosa

/ 1 Mar 2010

Becoming a feminist

15 years ago, I was a school girl with no awareness that Beijing was happening, but plenty of awareness of sexism. Does the Platform for Action offer more to school girls today?

By zohra moosa

/ 28 Feb 2010

The urban woman

Just came out of a parallel event called 'Women in cities' that was hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organized by the Seoul Foundation of Women and

By zohra moosa

/ 29 Feb 2008

Changing the climate on women

I had the chance to sit in the main UN session today for the first time. The topic was 'gender perspectives on climate change', which is the '

By zohra moosa

/ 28 Feb 2008