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Feminist groups demand action to ‘stop anti-rights infiltration’ at the UN

Global organisations call on UN agencies to ‘stop access to decision-making’ for opponents of women’s and LGBT rights and warn of dangers ahead

By Claire Provost and Tatev Hovhannisyan
Feminist groups demand action to ‘stop anti-rights infiltration’ at the UN
Former US president Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly, 2017 | White House Photo / Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved
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A coalition of more than 20 global organisations are calling on UN agencies to “stop access to decision-making” for opponents of women’s and LGBT rights.

The Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs) – which brings together groups including feminist NGO the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) and the Coaliton for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) – launched their ‘call to action’ today (17 June) alongside a report called 'Rights at Risk: Time for Action'.

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