Letter to the NGO Committee on the Status of Women
- Document number
- 3223
- Date
- 2015
- Title
- Letter to the NGO Committee on the Status of Women
- Author/publisher
- Different NGOs and funders
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Media/News,
- Keywords
- human rights, sex work, Commission on the Status of Women, Beijing Platform for Action
- Summary
- Ahead of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, NGOs, including La Strada International, and women's rights funders submitted a letter to the NGO Committee on the Status of Women to express their dismay that the Woman of Distinction award was presented to Ruchira Gupta who disregards the agency and rights of sex workers.