As societies build walls of separation between communities, ICAAD works to remove each brick to illuminate our common humanity. The International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD) is an nonprofit organization founded for the charitable purpose of...
At the 10th Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, ICAAD and its partners announced a Commitment to Action to combat violence against women (VAW) in the Pacific Islands. The commitment focuses on strengthening the rule of law through a systems approach and...
Since its last UPR Review, Nauru has taken some concrete steps to combat gender inequality and violence against women. Issues remain in terms of amending legislation to include a specific domestic violence law; better data collection; and ensuring that gender...
The FSM delegation indicated to the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review that FSM was a “very peaceful society and that violence against women and children were rare and isolated”. Since the first UPR review, not enough...
Despite the presumptions that come with its status as a developed Western European state, Austria has been criticized over its weak implementation of measures to reduce sexual and gender based violence against women and increase the protection of minorities and their...
