Women’s Rights
16 Days of Activism Statement 2024
Today, René Cassin begins the 16 Days of Activism on violence against women and girls. “While much progress has been...
International Women’s Day Statement 2024
Today, on International Women’s Day, we remember that the only way to enjoy human rights, is to ensure the complete...
16 Days of Activism on Violence against Women & Girls Statement 2023
Today, René Cassin begins the 16 Days of Activism on violence against women and...
René Cassin responds to Government’s Public Sexual Harassment Consultation
We have responded to the Government's public consultation on sexual harassment, following guidance from Plan...
No Woman Left Behind: Call to Action supporting migrant women through the Istanbul Convention
The 8th June 2022 marks the 10 year anniversary of the UK signing the Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women ,...
New Horizons Festival of Women’s Rights
30+ free online events – 26 Nov to 6 Dec – book your places now
Launching: 190 for C190!
René Cassin is working with the Alliance of Jewish Women and their Organisations to take a stand against sexual...
Misogyny as Hate Crime: Supporting the Amendment to ensure Law Commission Review is not neglected
Get involved – contact your MP
“The State of Women’s Rights Today” – Baroness Helena Kennedy QC leads latest roundtable
Kickstarting our new workstream on women’s rights – we were delighted to welcome a very impressive array of experts working on the front line
Call to action: sign our interfaith letter against women’s detention centre in Hassockfield, Durham
Read and sign the interfaith letter against Hassockfield HERE René Cassin is recruiting local, national and...
Support the Domestic Abuse Bill; Ensure protection for migrant women
On the 15th April, the Domestic Abuse Bill will be going back to the House of Commons after its passage through the...
The Jewish case against immigration detention is a Jewish voice for women’s liberation
By Esther Raffell, René Cassin' Campaigns Officer International Women’s Day is a day of joy, affirmation, and...
Women’s Rights are Human Rights
Women have the right to live free from violence and discrimination; to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; to be educated; to own property; to vote; and to earn an equal wage.
Chained Women: Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery of Jewish Women in the 20th Century
By Lesley Urbach, René Cassin Fellow At the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century Jewish European...
Women’s Environmental Leadership – how a human rights approach can help people and the planet
By Eva Rehse and Sandy McClure, Global Greengrants Fund UK We need to act now to protect our planet, which is facing...
China’s systematic oppression of Uyghur Women
René Cassin Briefing Paper - May 2020 Close to three million Muslim Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic communities in...
Righteous Women – René Cassin’s Women’s Seder
What is your Seder night like? Does your father or grandfather sit at the head of the table and lead the telling of the exodus? Do you remember our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Do you discuss what the four sons have to say?
What about the righteous women?
René Cassin’s Women’s Seder Haggadah Companion
The 4 items on our Seder Plate: resistance, solidarity, empowerment & legacy
René Cassin honours the legacy of ‘Righteous Women’ on International Women’s Day 2020
René Cassin, the Jewish voice for human rights, strongly believes in the importance of learning from experience; we...
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: IWD2020 Women’s Seder
Join us for an evening of discussion, sisterhood and solidarity
Trafficked women being transported “from one hell to another”
By Grace, Work Experience July 2019 Slavery, trafficking and indefinite detention are some of the greatest human...
International Women’s Day 2019
Today is International Women’s Day, a day for celebrating how far we have come in securing women’s rights, but also...
To Advance Women’s Rights, We Must Promote Human Rights
By Mia Hasenson-Gross, Executive Director of René Cassin When Minerva Bernardino from the Dominican Republic, Hansa...
International Women’s Day 2019: Fundraising for Freedom
As we mark International Women’s Day, René Cassin is asking Youth Movements and local communities to organise...
20 years of the Human Rights Act – a view from Jewish Women’s Aid
By Lee Wax, Communications & Training Manager at Jewish Women's Aid This past year marks the 20th anniversary of...
Women in Hunger Strike at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre
Government criticised over treatment of detainees
René Cassin statement on International Women’s Day – Thursday 8 March
Many women continue to suffer from inequality in their homes, employment and in state institutions
‘Lost humanity? Vulnerable Women in Detention’
How immigration detention affects women – and what Jewish teaching can tell us