Women and Human Rights
Women's rights
The equal enjoyment of human rights by women and men is a universally accepted principle reaffirmed by the Vienna Declaration, which was adopted by 171 countries at the World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993.
The areas covered by the Declaration are:
- Equal access to basic social services, including education and health services
- Equal opportunities for participation in political and economic decision-making
- Equal pay for equal work
- Equal protection under the law
- Elimination of gender discrimination and elimination of violence against women
- Equal rights of citizens in all spheres of life, public (such as the workplace) and private (such as the home).
FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE AND WOMEN'S SUPPORT
Although it is undeniable that in the last 25 years, women have made significant progress in the development and have moved towards equality with men in areas such as education and health, their opportunities for participation in some areas, such as economics or politics, remain limited..
In some countries, legislation also does not allow them to enjoy the same protection and rights as men.
At Fundación por la Justicia we consider that women play a key role in the development of their societies. For this reason, an important part of the projects that have been carried out over the years have been centred around three essential components:
- Equal opportunities for all people in society
- Sustainability of these opportunities, from one generation to the next
- Empowering people, so that they participate in and benefit from the development process
PROJECTS
Paraguay: "Women and development
Project "Women and Development". The project, carried out in 2010, was executed in a single edition, contributing to reversing the process of vulnerability that affects the women of Villa El Cerrito. It also helped to generate spaces for reflection, creation,...
The Missionaries of Charity, IX Foundation for Justice-Bancaja Award
The Jury of the IX Edition of the Fundación por la Justicia-Bancaja Award, meeting on June 8, 2010, has decided to award the IX Fundación por la Justicia-Bancaja Award to the Missionaries of Charity for their work in defense of human rights and...
Senegal: “Defense and Promotion of the rights of Albinos in the Tambacounda region”
Through the “Defense and Promotion of the rights of Albinos in the Tambacounda region” project, economic means were generated for groups at risk of exclusion in the Dakar area, by promoting self-employment with the creation of microenterprises...
Ethiopia: Ethiopian women lawyers
Human rights training project, legal assistance and participatory design of actions in the strategy of the association "Ethiopian Women Lawyers" for the reduction of harmful traditional practices in Ethiopia. The project, implemented between 2009 and 2011,...
The Valencian doctor Pedro Cavadas, awarded the VIII prize of the Foundation for Justice
The jury highlights among Cavadas' "multiple" merits his altruistic work in Kenya and other African countries, in conditions of special difficulty. Dr. Pedro Cavadas, a specialist in reconstructive medicine, has been awarded the VIII Prize of the...
Foundation for Justice awards the award to Bogaletch Gebre for her defense of women
Bogaletch Gebre is a Human Rights activist and president of the Kembatta Women's Self Help Center (KMG), an organization founded in 1997 that defends women's rights and fights against the practices of female genital mutilation, of which she was ...
The Foundation for Justice presents its V award to Muhammad Yunus, creator of microcredits for poor people
The Foundation for Justice presents its V award to Muhammad Yunus, creator of microcredits for poor people Muhamed Yunus, creator of the Poor Bank in Bangladesh, has received in Valencia the fifth award from the Foundation for Justice in...