The key to eliminating gender bias is to change perceptions of women

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Women are less likely than men to occupy positions of power but also technical roles. When women are less visible, this situation can foster gender bias and gender stereotyping. It also deprives high-level decision-making and research and innovation of the female perspective.

International Education Day

International Day of Education

International Education Day

Human Rights Day 2022

Human Rights Day 2022

Human Rights Day 2022

Switzerland and the UN: It’s Complicated

United Nations Day 2022

Never before has civil society been so actively engaged in global politics as today. While in Iran, the population is fighting for women’s rights following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini and causing women worldwide to cut their hair in support, climate activists are closing roads in Berlin and Geneva and occupying Black Rock headquarters in New York.

Promoting Democracy around the world: Reflecting from the United Nations

International Day of Democracy

This year, 2022 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the International Day of Democracy. In 2007 The General Assembly adopted a resolution to observe the 15th of September each year for promoting and consolidating the principles of democracy worldwide.

UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary

UN Basic Principles

Nelson Mandela’s legacy in South Africa today: the responsibility of the ‘born-free’ generation

Nelson Mandela International Day

Nelson Mandela’s legacy in current South Africa emerges from his almost inimitable dedication to improving the lives of all South Africans. Although this aspiration remains largely unfulfilled, his inspiration still resonates with many South Africans. Democratic South Africa has achieved undeniable gains such as the right to vote, basic education, and primary health care; the introduction of an extensive social security system that has lifted many people out of poverty; the provision of affordable housing and basic services to millions. However, it is common knowledge that true prosperity remains lost in the quagmire of social, economic and political challenges confronting South Africa today.

Sexual violence as a weapon of war - support to victims and survivors

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Diversity in Peacekeeping makes the Difference!

International Peacekeeping Day

This article will address the added value that women can bring to peacekeeping missions and some of the challenges women may face.

The International Day of Women Judges

The 10th of March 2022 marks the first International Day of Women Judges.

This article discusses the much needed opportunity to reflect on the work that still has to be done to improve gender equality, both in the judiciary and in the law more generally.