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US decision on vaccine TRIPS waiver could be a game-changer for older people
11/05/2021 The decision by the US government to support a TRIPS waiver on the patents protecting COVID-19 vaccines could be a game-changer in the campaign to ensure equitable distribution of the vaccine around the world. “This is a huge step forward in tackling vaccine equality around the world and we need the other G7 nations and major pharmaceutical companies to follow the lead shown by the US. While governments of rich nations are hoarding vaccine supplies, millions of people in low- and middle-income countries have no prospect of being vaccinated any time soon.
Global civil society statement on Myanmar
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We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule. In recent weeks, Myanmar security forces have killed hundreds of people, including dozens of children, merely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Since the February 1, 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military junta has responded with increasing brutality to nationwide protests calling for the restoration of democratic civilian rule. As of May 4, security forces have killed at least 769 people, including 51 children as young as 6, and arbitrarily detained several thousand activists, journalists, civil servants, and politicians. Hundreds have been forcibly disappeared, the authorities unwilling to provide information on their well-being or where they
Publication Date 2020 New models for gender relationships become a normal part of thinking and behavior for both men and women, where general principles of human rights are integrated progressively into real life as natural things in an interesting and lively format. The Gender Action Learning System (GALS) is a community-led empowerment methodology to promote more harmonious and violence-free relationships in families and communities. It aims to connect and build synergies between various groups of people in a pursuit of the common vision of promoting a harmonious and life free of gender-based violence (GBV) for women and girls within their families and the wider communities.
This submission is based on Human Rights Watch research on human rights issues impacting older women, including domestic violence, abuse, and neglect in residential institutions for older people, abuses during armed conflict, and health disparities.