hi ClocksChange - the full list of member organisations of the ILGA are on this link - this is where the screenshot on my OP is from. UK is at the bottom and it includes quite a few of the LGBTQ groups of the Unite Unions as well as Stonewall, Mermaids, Unite the Union itself, University College London, Department for International Development, Fire Brigades Union LGBT, The Metro Centre, Pride etc.
ilga.org/civi_details?region=europe
The 'Feminist Declaration' was originally launched last year (I'm not sure why it has only just come to the attention of Legal Feminist) and it appears to be part of their ongoing work.
The ILGA are clearly a huge and influential organisation and are making progress in changing things at Government level (see below re. 'Conversion Therapy Toolkit' so I would put down the lack of public awareness of the 'Feminist Declaration' to their Dentons style 'stealth/don't worry, it's just paperwork' waving it under the radar but I suspect that they are actually very busy behind the scenes brainwashing influencing people in government.
This is the link and some paragraphs for their introduction to the 'Feminist Declaration':
ilga.org/CSW64-Womens-Rights-Caucus-feminist-declaration-Beijing25
Today, ILGA World joins more than 200 organizations in adopting the Feminist Declaration, an alternative to the political declaration that outlines the steps necessary to achieve gender equality
Read the Feminist Declaration here.
New York, March 9, 2020 —Twenty five years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the foundational global document on gender equality, governments at an abbreviated session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) have reaffirmed a commitment to gender equality but, according to leading feminist groups and activists, fell short of committing to the transformative steps necessary to achieve this vision.
To address the gaps in the political declaration adopted at the CSW by governments, the Women’s Rights Caucus—a global coalition of more than 200 feminist organizations, networks and collectives that advocates for gender equality at the United Nations—has published an alternative, feminist declaration. The Feminist Declaration outlines a bold and urgent agenda for gender equality and the human rights of all women and girls, and centers the critical role of civil society organizations advocating for accountability in policy and programs meant to promote, protect, and fulfill human rights for all.
“The stalled progress on gender equality is profoundly disappointing and threatens the lives and well-being of girls, women, and non-binary people worldwide,” said the Women’s Rights Caucus. “It is not enough for governments to simply reaffirm past commitments. To achieve gender equality, we need to commit to supporting feminist movements and to adopt a bold and forward-looking agenda that addresses the multiple and intersecting challenges faced by all women and girls. The Feminist Declaration launched today reflects the priorities of the feminist movement and provides governments and other stakeholders with a path toward true equality.”
The feminist declaration includes critical issues that governments must tackle to achieve gender equality, including: sexual and reproductive rights and bodily autonomy; women, peace, and security; the intersections between the climate crisis and gender equality; and the role of women’s human rights defenders and feminist movements, who are the key to driving long-term change.
As I was pottering around their website I came across this handy toolkit to deal with Conversion Therapy. As we are seeing currently, the UK government are considering what to do about banning conversion therapy. I can see some similarities with the description here and what the government is discussing, particularly slipping in the 'gender identities' to be included in a ban which include 'psychological' therapy:
Experimentation and abuse have long taken place under the legitimising cloak of medicine, psychology and science. As the report details, gruesome practices – including electroshock ‘therapies’, forced internments in ‘clinics’ and exorcisms – are still applied in numerous countries, pushing people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions to living self-loathing lives, up to the extreme consequences of committing suicide.
ilga.org/Conversion-therapy-report-ILGA-World-Curbing-Deception
ilga.org/combat-conversion-therapy-ilga-world-toolbox
I think we should be very concerned about this 'Feminist Declaration' and the scale of influence over government already being demonstrated by this organisation.
