Pathfinders

💡 While a ‘one-size-fits-all’ methodology for delivering #PeopleCenteredJustice is not possible, our latest series of practice notes seeks to support interested key #justice stakeholders in implementing the approach. 📥 Download all now: sdg16.plus/resources/appr… #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #AccessToJustice #2030Agenda #GlobalGoals

At the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW70), governments will be called to move beyond rhetoric and deliver justice that works for women’s real lives. ⚖️ One country is already doing it. 👇 🇨🇴 In Colombia, a new people-centered justice policy allows women who are heads of households and facing incarceration to serve their sentences at home under electronic monitoring. Why does this matter? 🤔 Because women are disproportionately criminalized for poverty-related and survival-based offenses. When they are imprisoned, their children pay the price through family separation, lost income, and lifelong setbacks that deepen inequality across generations. 🔄 Colombia’s approach recognizes a simple truth: justice systems that ignore gendered realities often cause more harm than good. ⚠️ Accountability doesn’t have to mean breaking families apart. This is exactly the kind of gender-responsive, inequality-reducing reform that #CSW70 is calling for: justice that advances #GenderEquality. 📄 Read the full policy memo: sdg16.plus/policies/incar…. 🔎 Explore more practical policies that reduce inequality on our Inequality Solutions Portal: inequalitysolutions.com. #PeopleCenteredJustice #GenderEquality #SDG16Plus

“[Access to justice for women and girls] must be treated as a core pillar of social, economic, and democratic progress, with political will, smart policy, good governance, and real resources behind it.”—Ambassador Michael Gort, @CanadaUN, on behalf of the #JusticeActionCoalition. 📥 Download the full statement: sdg16.plus/resources/just… #SDG16Plus #JusticeForAll #SDGs #ForAllWomenAndGirls #GlobalGoals

🤔 How can we address structural inequalities, discriminatory laws, and the feminization of poverty? 📣 Happening tomorrow! The Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW70) side event, “Addressing the Laws and Practices that Criminalize Women Due to Poverty and Status Worldwide,” will share community-led examples of advancing gender-transformative, rights-based justice reform. Learn more ⤵️ sdg16.plus/events/address… 🙌 Organizers: @PenalReformInt, @womenbeywalls, and @SDG16Plus 🙌 Co-sponsors: @ColombiaONU, @LiechtensteinUN, @ThailandUN, @UNDP, @UNODC, @UNHumanRights, @UNPeacebuilding, @TIJthailand, @ILANUD, and @VanceCenter #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #PeopleCenteredJustice #AccessToJustice #SDGs #GlobalGoals

🚨 As the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW70) reviews progress on #GenderEquality and ending violence, new data makes one thing clear: safety remains deeply unequal. 🌍 In 2024, 32% of women globally did not feel safe walking alone at night, compared to 21% of men: an 11-point gender gap that persists across most countries, according to the @Gallup World Safety Report 2025, which @nyucic contributed to (➡️ more info: cic.nyu.edu/resources/gall…). ⚠️ This gap reveals a persistent failure of gender-blind violence-reduction policies, which often leave women more exposed to everyday threats that limit their freedom, mobility, and participation. ❌ If women cannot move safely through their communities, they cannot fully participate in economic, political, or public life. 🛑 Ending violence against women and girls requires targeted, gender-responsive investment in prevention, justice, and community safety. #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #SDG16Plus #CSW70 #NYUCIC

⚖️ “Justice is the foundation for everything women and girls need to thrive—safety, participation, economic opportunity, and the freedom to live without fear.” 🎙️ In a conversation with Pathfinders, @CostaRicaONU’s Ambassador @MaritzaChanV, President of #CSW70, reflects on why this critical moment can help advance justice for women and girls worldwide. 💡 From access to justice to equal participation, she highlights why strengthening justice systems is essential for lasting #GenderEquality. ▶️ Watch the full interview: youtube.com/shorts/zAXl4Bf…. #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #PeopleCenteredJustice #AccessToJustice #GlobalGoals #ForAllWomenandGirls @UN_Women

🔔 Happening in 3 days! Featuring a keynote address from Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland 🇮🇪, the upcoming #CSW70 side event will emphasize the need for comprehensive legislative reforms, including the decriminalization of offenses disproportionately affecting women due to: 1️⃣ Poverty 2️⃣ Caregiving burdens 3️⃣ Social marginalization Learn more ⤵️ sdg16.plus/events/address… The event will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel 👇 @nyucic/streams" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@nyucic/streams 🙌 Organizers: @PenalReformInt, @womenbeywalls, and @SDG16Plus 🙌 Co-sponsors: @ColombiaONU, @LiechtensteinUN, @ThailandUN, @UNDP, @UNODC, @UNHumanRights, @UNPeacebuilding, @TIJthailand, @ILANUD, and @VanceCenter #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #PeopleCenteredJustice #AccessToJustice #SDGs #GlobalGoals

🚀 JUST LAUNCHED! The new report, “Women's Access to Justice in Ibero-America: Structural Gaps, Institutional Pathways, and People-Centered Responses,” offers a comprehensive overview from the Ibero-American Alliance for Access to Justice of the real conditions under which women access justice or are excluded from it in the region. Download it now! sdg16.plus/resources/wome… #IBA #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #PeopleCenteredJustice #SDGs #GlobalGoals

🚀 ¡YA ESTÁ DISPONIBLE! Nuestro nuevo informe, «El acceso a justicia de las mujeres en Iberoamérica: Brechas estructurales, trayectorias institucionales y respuestas centradas en las personas», elaborado por la Alianza Iberoamericana para el Acceso a Justicia, ofrece una visión general sobre las condiciones reales en las que las mujeres acceden o son excluidas de la justicia en la región. 💡 Basándose en evidencia empírica, normas internacionales y experiencias regionales, el documento destaca que las desigualdades a las que se enfrentan las mujeres no son marginales ni excepcionales, sino estructurales y persistentes. ¡Descárgalo ahora! sdg16.plus/resources/wome… #ODSs #ODS16 #ODS16Plus #AlianzaIberoamericana #JusticiaCentradaEnLasPersonas #JusticiaParaTodos

“Justice operates as a decisive threshold that determines whether people can turn their rights into effective guarantees throughout their lives, into development, and into agency.”—@almudenaf, Chief Economist, @pnud. Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/j/92924020829?… 🙌 Co-hosted by Ibero-American Alliance for Access to Justice, Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP), @AIDEFOficial, @InnoJustice, @ILANUD, @SDG16Plus, @UNDP, and @TheWJP. #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #PeopleCenteredJustice #AccessToJustice #SDGs #GlobalGoals

“We have inequality and violence that directly impacts women, we have structural racism that impacts society and the black population and affects black women to a greater extent because of this double life. We need to bring these realities to light, we need to discuss them and confront them so that access to women's rights is full and all women have the right to live without violence.”—Magistrada Jaceguara Dantas da Silva, National Council of Justice of Brazil (CNJ). Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/j/92924020829?… 🙌 Co-hosted by Ibero-American Alliance for Access to Justice, Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP), @AIDEFOficial, @InnoJustice, @ILANUD, @SDG16Plus, @UNDP, and @TheWJP. #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #PeopleCenteredJustice #AccessToJustice #SDGs #GlobalGoals

🔔 Happening now! The #CSW70 side event, “Pathways to People-Centered Justice: Women’s Trajectories and Inequalities in Ibero-America,” will analyze structural inequalities and identify next steps toward a comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of women’s #AccessToJustice in Ibero-America. ➕ English + Spanish translation available. Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/j/92924020829?… 🙌 Co-hosted by Ibero-American Alliance for Access to Justice, Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP), @AIDEFOficial, @InnoJustice, @ILANUD, @SDG16Plus, @UNDP, and @TheWJP. #SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #PeopleCenteredJustice #AccessToJustice #SDGs #GlobalGoals

“In this constrained environment, what we are trying to do is focusing on low- and cost-effective community approaches. “—Leonie Mutoni, Director of Programs, @LegalAid_Rwanda / @ACE_Africa Network Member She highlights their volunteer-based paralegal program—who provide legal advice and unpack complicated legal language, refer cases to organizations for legal representations; #AlternativeDisputeResolutions; & mobile legal aid clinics as examples of solutions from Rwanda.

‼️“The cost of interpersonal violence is staggering if we’re looking at this from a development lens. This can account for up to 10% of GDP, even in countries that are considered to be quite “peaceful.“ —Daniel Friedman, Program Director, @sdg16plus. Daniel highlights the country studies we commissioned in 2023 to understand the #CostOfViolence in Switzerland🇨🇭, South Africa🇿🇦, and Costa Rica🇨🇷. 🗂️Download the studies: sdg16.plus/peace/