Center for Women's Global Leadership

Executive Director Krishanti Dharmaraj is also the founder of the Dignity Index and co-founder of WILD for Human Rights and the Sri Lanka Children's Fund.

[7][8] The CWGL is both an academic center at a major public research university as well as a non-governmental organization with ECOSOC Special Consultative Status at the United Nations[9][10] working on policy and advocacy.

[7] [11] Integrating gender and women's human rights into the work of local, national, regional and international institutions, CWGL's programs inform and mobilize advocates for women's human rights around specific events and build linkages among them to enhance their capacity to influence policy making.

Core activities in this program area include UN Monitoring and Advocacy[17][18] and the coordination of international mobilization campaigns.

Moreover, the center is expanding into considerations of the application of macroeconomic policies and the relationship between women and development within a human rights framework.

[15] [37] [38] [39] This rallying cry erupts annually between November 25 and December 10, and more than 3,700 organizations participate in the event from approximately 164 countries.

[45] These constituencies rally to take action to protect individual rights defenders and advocates in countries from Serbia[46] to Iran.

Additionally, the center also holds public forums to conduct assessments of the women's human rights movement.