Delegates who were denied visas include lawyers, activists and women who deliver reproductive health care services.
NEW DELHI — Dozens of women have been denied visas to attend a major UN women's conference in New York.
The Commission on the Status of Women is an annual conference, running this year from March 11-22, where representatives from member states, NGO workers, and women’s rights activists gather to evaluate the global progress on gender and equality., an"unprecedented" number of visa denials for women hoping to attend CSW has been witnessed.
"One has to be connected to our groups through networks to even hear about the fact that we are collecting the data and then one has to submit it voluntarily to us," said Madeleine Sinclair, the director for ISHR's New York office."We can only assume there are more unreported cases of denial."
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