Sifiso Dube, Gender and Diversity Officer, CIVICUS Many methods have been crafted as a way of achieving gender equality by civil society, governments and the private sector.

Travelling to Ireland this week I find myself speculating on the likelihood that it could see an outbreak of people power of the scale, intensity and persistence that has been witnessed in the Arab world and, more recently, in Spain.

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In the culmination of an intensive six-year process to devise a widely-accepted framework to govern the relationship between businesses and human rights, United Nations Special Representative Professor John Ruggie presented his Final Report on 30 May.