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Sign: full force ahead for women's rights!

  
 
Sign the Call to Action here! 
  
Sign and share the appeal to the future cabinet 
We need you. Join us in calling on the future cabinet to support women's rights and gender equality worldwide. Together, we will go full force ahead for women's rights! 

When women, girls, and LGBTIQ+ people worldwide are given the opportunity to participate in decision-making, we not only strengthen societies, but we also build a more just, safer, and stronger world for everyone. 
  
Women's rights and gender equality are regressing worldwide 
Equal rights should be a given, but worldwide we are going backwards. Every 10 minutes, a woman or girl is murdered somewhere. It will take at least another 40 years before women are fully represented in politics. And not a single country has achieved complete gender equality. Not even the Netherlands. It's time to change that together.   
  
We want to push forward with full force for women's rights, worldwide!   
Exactly 30 years ago, all UN countries signed the Beijing Declaration on women's rights. This is the most important agenda for women's rights and gender equality worldwide. And 25 years ago, the UN Security Council adopted the Women, Peace and Security agenda, with the aim of enabling women to contribute to peace in conflicts.  
 
We are putting the fight for global equality in the spotlight with the Rally for Women's Rights and calling on politicians to take action. The more signatures we collect, the greater the impact on the plans of the future cabinet. 
  
We call on the future cabinet to commit to women's rights and gender equality. 
 1. Protect female human rights defenders  
Guarantee the safety and freedom of all women and girls who are committed to human rights. In the Netherlands and worldwide. They deserve recognition, protection and resources to do their work safely – regardless of their gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age, religion, class, etc. 
  
2. Give all women an equal voice  
When women have a say, policies become more just, sustainable and peaceful. Ensure equal representation of women in politics and business, in negotiations on trade, peace, climate and safe working conditions. 
 
3. Invest in gender equality 
Countries where women's rights and gender equality are well regulated are more stable, prosperous and secure. Provide direct, ongoing financial support for women's rights organisations and initiatives that promote equal rights and opportunities. 
  
4. Combat disinformation  
Ensure that women's rights are not reversed. Support laws and regulations that help all women and girls to live freely and safely. Stop false and misleading information about women's rights and gender equality. 
 
  
How can you help? 
1. Sign the Call to Action! 
2. Like and share the appeal on social media, via our Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and BlueSky
3. Or create your own post by downloading this image, or this and/or this template, and paste it over your own photo. 
4. Post it on your social media, with the link to the appeal: https://tinyurl.com/4cupvcj3 
5. Tag #equalrightsnow #cabinetforwomensrights 
  
📢 Your voice counts!  Want to know more about this campaign and the Women's Rights Rally? 
Read here: 'Full Force Ahead For Women's Rights'

Sign the petition here! 
 
These 97 organisations already signed the call to action:
 
 
Organisation overview:
  1. 75inQ
  2. ActionAid
  3. Alliantie Gender en GGZ
  4. Atria
  5. Avrasya Foundation 
  6. BDR Thermea Foundation
  7. Both Ends
  8. Bureau Clara Wichmann
  9. BWPD (Burundian Women for Peace and Development)
  10. CARE NL
  11. CaseCanvas
  12. CDA Vrouwen
  13. Centre for Civil Society and Democracy 
  14. CHOICE for youth & sexuality
  15. CMI!
  16. CNV Internationaal
  17. COC
  18. Co-Climate
  19. Cordaid
  20. D66 Rijswijk
  21. De Educatiewinkel
  22. De Stadscoalitie
  23. Delaware
  24. Dolle Mina
  25. Emancipator
  26. Els Borst Netwerk
  27. Engine branding & identity
  28. FemNet
  29. Feniks Emancipatie Expertise Centrum
  30. Free Press Unlimited
  31. Gender Concerns International
  32. Gender Matters
  33. GINI
  34. GINI Foundation
  35. Hivos
  36. Impact: Center against Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence in Conflict 
  37. Inclusa
  38. INLW
  39. IUCN NL
  40. Leila.nl | LVision
  41. Liberaal Vrouwennetwerk
  42. Liliane Fonds
  43. Mama Cash
  44. Mensen met een Missie
  45. Migration Inc. 
  46. Molukse Vrouwen Raad
  47. Mondiaal FNV 
  48. MRDO Pakistan
  49. MVO Platform
  50. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vrouwenbelangen, Vrouwenarbeid en Gelijk Staatsburgerschap
  51. Nederlandse Vrouwenraad
  52. Netwerk FNV Vrouwen
  53. Netwerk VN-Vrouwenverdrag
  54. New Women Connectors
  55. OQ consultancy BV
  56. Oxfam Novib
  57. Partos
  58. PAX
  59. Plan International
  60. Politica
  61. PSI Europe
  62. Platform Vrouwen & Duurzame Vrede (PV&DV)
  63. Rooie Vrouwen
  64. Rutgers
  65. Samen naar de Kliniek
  66. SDG Nederland
  67. SekswerkExpertise
  68. SheSupplies
  69. Simavi
  70. Single Super Mom
  71. Soropitimisten
  72. Stem op een Vrouw 
  73. Stiching DRCC
  74. Stichting Mukomeze
  75. Stichting Overgang & Hormonen
  76. Stichting Stop Straatintimidatie 
  77. Stichting Tosangana
  78. Stichting White Ribbon Alliantie
  79. Sukaar Welfare Organization
  80. Support Trust for Africa Development (STAD)
  81. Taminiau bouw en energie Advies B.V.
  82. The Hunger Project
  83. Transgender Netwerk
  84. Vereniging voor Vrouwen met een Academische Opleiding (VVAO)
  85. Volt Delft
  86. Vrouwen van Nu
  87. Vrouwen van Volt
  88. VSO
  89. War Child Nederland
  90. WECF 
  91. Wemos
  92. Women for Change International
  93. Women Inc.
  94. Women Win
  95. WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform
  96. Zij Haar-Lemmermeer
  97. ZOA