Rio de Janeiro (June 19, 2012): A crowd of women activists waved their Rio+20 purple scarves and made their voices heard that women’s human rights must be at the centre of sustainable development policy, claiming space outside the UN venue where negotiations on the outcome document…

Powerful stories by Powerful Women who decry lack of real progress since 1992

A month before Rio+20, more than 120 activists, advocates and NGO representatives from 27 countries in the Asia and the Pacific gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to demand for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as a critical part of sustainable development.

Coming from diverse movements and across generations, the participants developed and supported the Kuala Call to Action, a 12-point call for SRHR for sustainable development to governments, international…