Monday, February 3rd, 2025
Tags: cedaw, Geneva, Marianne Mikko, United Nations, Vice-Chairperson
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In the opening of the 90th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Estonian politician and human rights advocate Marianne Mikko was elected as a Vice-Chairperson of the UN CEDAW Committee for the 2025-2026 term. She will serve alongside Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen (Netherlands), Rhoda Reddock (Trinidad and Tobago), and […]
Saturday, October 19th, 2024
Tags: Authoritarian Political System, cedaw, cuba, Marianne Mikko, United Nations
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During the CEDAW review of Cuba, Estonian expert Marianne Mikko referred to Cuba’s political system as “authoritarian” and to gaps in gender equality in leadership positions. GENEVA (apro).- Cuba categorically denied having an authoritarian political system, in the context of the country’s examination by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). During […]
Monday, November 28th, 2022
Tags: cedaw, International Criminal Court, Kateryna Cherepakha, La Strada, Mikhail Romanov, progressive post, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ukraine, Violence against women, war in Ukraine, Women's rights, Ylva Johansson
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Euroopas käib sõda. Venemaa kallaletung Ukrainale jätkub. Kostub hääli, kas ei peaks alustama rahukõnelusi. Mõistagi on rahu tähtis, aga kas rahu ükskõik mis hinnaga? Küsimus pole pelgalt agressori 24.veebruaril alanud suveräänse riigi territooriumi häbiväärses anastamises, sest annekteerimine toimus juba kaheksa aastat tagasi, kui Krimm kuulutati Venemaa osaks. Maailm vaatas tookord toimunud agressioonile läbi sõrmede. Täna […]
