IANGEL and Justice At Last Submit Comments to CEDAW Regarding Trafficking of Women and Girls
IANGEL Impact Report 2018
At IANGEL, we harness the power of pro bono legal assistance, connecting it to the cause of women’s rights locally, nationally, and around the world. We amplify our voice towards building a just world where everyone has an equal access
IANGEL and GFW Comment on Public Charge
OAKLAND, California—A federal proposal to dramatically expand grounds for denying immigrants green cards and citizenship in the United States has drawn opposition from the International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL). The legal advocacy group observes, in a formal comment submitted
Sessions’ Asylum Decision on Domestic Violence an Attack on Women’s Rights
[Photo by Captain Roger Fenton] On June 11, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned a landmark precedent, the culmination of decades of work by advocates, lawyers, scholars and judges that expressly affirmed gender-based violence as grounds for asylum in all
Advocacy for Reproductive Justice
IANGEL and more than 100 civil society NGOs urge review of the newly expanded Global Gag Rule On January 23, 2017, President Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule because it silences
“The Law Is Hereby Struck Down”: An Update on the Fight Against Child Marriage in Africa
(San Francisco, USA) by Catherine Born On March 9, 2016, IANGEL welcomed Lisa Block, Program Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa with the Global Fund for Women, and Rebecca Hooley, a Director with IANGEL and former president of Queen’s Bench, for a
IANGEL stands with Mozn Hassan
by Mary Wolverton, Director, IANGEL (New York, USA) I recently had the privilege of attending the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women conference in New York. The sessions were both exciting and thought-provoking. One subject was especially
Child Marriage in the SADC Region
The Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), an IANGEL partner organization in Zimbabwe, is an independent non-governmental organisation that fosters citizen agency through high quality research and advocacy. Their Executive Director, Kuda Chitsike, gave a briefing on child marriage in Zimbabwe
Women’s Rights and Customary Wrongs
IANGEL Board Member and Director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights, Tzili Mor, discusses the impact of the case that two Tanzanian widows brought before the UN. “The women ultimately took their case to the United Nations (UN), where they
Child Marriage in Zimbabwe
(San Francisco, USA) by Anam Haque On May 20th, Executive Director of the Research Advocacy Unit (RAU) Kuda Chitsike, spoke at an IANGEL-sponsored talk in San Francisco, concerning RAU’s report on Early/Child Marriage in the Goromonzi district. Chitsike explained the implications of the