Gender, International Law and Justice - Website Tool Kit *

*NGOs and International Women’s Human Rights Law: Influencing, Implementing and Improving*

This toolkit is a training document suitable for civil society organisations seeking to learn more about the role of international law in their daily work, as well as providing signposts to help members of such organisations figure out the ways in which they are utilising, shaping, and extending the laws and policies in relation to international women's human rights.

We hope that you will find the guidance in this document helpful; we would also appreciate any feedback, which you can do by sending us an e-mail at giancarlo.ruscio@gmail.com. We view this as a living document that can be updated with your suggestions and experiences.

Toolkit: PDF

Current Activities and Forthcoming Publications

The GILJ project team is currently working on a wide range of activities that include:

Fieldwork – observational participation with civil society actors

Ongoing research – archival, theoretical and comparative research work

Analysis – analysis of results using the ethnographic approach

Regular meetings – in person and via digital media between researchers and project management team

Factsheets – Creation of ongoing factsheets that ensure project information is directly accessible in easily understood formats

Development of a CSO/Researcher’s Manual – Localising Women’s Human Rights – due for release March 2008

Individual manuals – Possible development of country case-study manuals directly relevant to on-the-ground local contexts; principally driven and written by research partners of relevant countries

GILJ online collaboration – creation of an interactive, collaborative online medium for use amongst researchers and civil society actors as an ongoing, self-sustaining outcome of the project

Articles and books – written work comprising analysis and conclusions of the fieldwork and socio-legal analysis

Training courses and materials – development of materials for tertiary level classes and provision of training to tertiary level and also for civil society actors

Return of information – giving back information to the civil society actors who have participated in this project