Features Women's Rights and Citizenship Program - Bulletin Fall 2009 2009-10-28 New global research initiative: Democratic Governance, Women's Rights and Gender Equality International Women's Day 2010: Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All 2010-03-09 8:30 (Ottawa) On March 9, IDRC's Women's Rights and Citizenship Program is hosting an event to celebrate the International Women's Day. The Fifty-Fourth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women 2010-03-08 16:30 (Ottawa) IDRC is organizing three events surrounding the 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women March 3, 8, and 10 in New York.

The WRC vision is that of a just world where women in the South have a sense of self that includes citizenship and the right to have rights; where all individuals have equitable access to justice and the opportunity to participate meaningfully in democratic decision-making; and where there is no discrimination based on gender in realizing the full range of one’s rights and freedoms, including economic rights and sexual and reproductive rights.  In order to contribute to this broad vision, the WRC’s mission is to support research on women’s rights and citizenship that uses gender and social analysis and focuses on the needs of poor and marginalized women in the South; that utilizes methodologies that are empowering to participants; and that engages meaningfully with decision-makers and policy debates, with a view to effecting change.