FACTSHEET: VIOLENCE IN THE LIVES OF SEX WORKERS
To a large extent, the violence in the lives of sex workers is created by the conditions of criminalisation. Sex work is not inherently violent but discrimination and stigma against sex workers generate violence and limits sex workers’ access to justice. Find the factsheet in: English | French | Hindi | Russian | Spanish Go to this Counting Sex Workers In! campaign page for […]
CMI! on Vice Versa Global’s Gender-Based Violence Special
Restrictions of and attacks on civic space affect all human rights defenders. But women human rights and land defenders face additional and specific risks and violence because of their gender, identity, and work. The Dutch media platform Vice Versa Global sheds light on how some of the Count Me In! partner women human rights defenders, […]
Feminist Letter to guide the Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation policy
Together with five feminist consortia* funded by the Dutch government, CMI! sent a strong feminist statement to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. In the letter, we urged her to continue the government’s support for women’s rights and feminist movements and to ensure that all policy areas contribute to and uphold gender equality, […]
Feminist Economic Alternatives: why and why now
Every day we witness how the capitalist economic system is fuelling inequality, injustice and climate crisis. Count Me In! (CMI!) and the Power Up! (PU!) consortia organised a roundtable conversation * to discuss feminist economic alternatives (FEAs) that break away from the violent and exploitative nature of capitalism to centre care, and seek to sustain […]
“Be bold and ambitious”: Count Me In!’s recommendations for Dutch Feminist Foreign Policy
Count Me In! calls for a bold and ambitious approach from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (MFA) to its Feminist Foreign Policy. CMI! strongly recommends that feminist foreign policy should be gender-transformative, intersectional, and anti-racist. In CMI!’s input for the Feminist Foreign Policy consultation process of the Ministry, we called the […]
Literature review: Feminist Activism Works!
We know that “feminist activism works”. We see the evidence every day in the brave and visionary work of the grantee-partners we are privileged to support. These feminist groups work locally in their communities, as well as nationally, regionally and internationally, to create greater freedom and justice for women, girls, and trans and intersex people […]
CMI! Baseline Report 2021
What is the current status of the world when it comes to women’s rights and gender equality? Read our baseline report including a detailed analysis of the 26 countries where CMI! operates.
REPORT: Moving More Money to the Drivers of Change – How bilateral and multilateral funders can resource feminist movements
Feminist movements are key drivers of transformative and lasting change. Yet they continue to receive just 1% of all gender focused aid. The case for WHY feminist movements need more and better funding has long been made, and is increasingly heard. Now HOW funding moves needs to change. AWID and Mama Cash, in the context […]
To the CEDAW Committee: Sex work is work. It is not trafficking.
On 02 June, International Sex Workers’ Day, the Count Me In! Consortium stands in solidarity with sex worker-led organisations and networks advocating for sex workers’ rights and condemns the discriminatory and potentially harmful measures proposed in CEDAW’s General Recommendation 38.
CMI! recommendations on COVID-19 and women’s human rights
The first signs of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 are well-documented and alarmingly clear. It is exacerbating existing inequalities for women, girls, and trans people across the globe, as well as injustices based on race, class, and ability. It is vital and urgent to ensure that these inequalities are not reinforced and worsened. At the […]
