Amnesty International urges authorities to show the
political will and provide the resources needed to ensure the new law will not just exist on paper.
Nine women attempting to take part in a small, peaceful seminar to
commemorate a day of solidarity with Iranian women were arrested in
Tehran on Thursday.
The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guant&aac
Amnesty International has urged the Head of the Judiciary in Iran to ensure that appeals hearings against the recent convictions and
sentences of six women’s ri
Rural women living with HIV in circumstances of poverty in South Africa face discrimination in relationships and in communities because of their gender, HIV statu
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, women across the world will take to the streets to express their commitment to the defence of human rights, often at great
Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan was prevented from
leaving Iran on Sunday to travel to Sweden where she was to receive the
2007 Olof Palme Prize in St
