Progress update on the Women and Leadership Resolution

May 2023

Tags: Women

This blog post provides a progress update on Resolution 5 – Women and Leadership in the humanitarian action of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, focusing specifically on the Progress Report on the Women and Leadership Resolution published in March 2022. The text examines both the progress made by Movement components and obstacles to their efforts, with a specific focus on the concept of intersectionality as it applies to the implementation of the resolution.

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From Talk to Action: Making Strides on the Women and Leadership Resolution

July 2021

Tags: Gender / Leadership / Women

In December 2019, the entirety of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement came together in support of the Women and Leadership Resolution. The Resolution stresses a deep concern for under-representation of women in governing bodies and senior management positions across all Movement components and in humanitarian organizations in general. GLOW Red (The Global Network of Women Leaders in the RCRC Movement) has taken the lead on reporting on this resolution.

Overall, this blog post acts as a reminder of the Women and Leadership Resolution, and the need for all Movement Partners to be working towards the objectives outlined in the resolution. The blog post highlights two milestones achieved: the establishment of the Women and Leadership Resolution Working Group and the release of the RCRC Movement-wide research piece How Diverse Leadership Shaped Responses to COVID-19 within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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