Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.
Rural women living with HIV in circumstances of poverty in South Africa face discrimination in relationships and in communities because of their gender, HIV status and economic marginalization.
As the 100 year anniversary of International Women’s Day draws close, and 60 years after human rights were enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, girls across the world find a range of barriers to education.
On the eve of International Women’s Day, governments and school officials around the world must take concrete action to end violence against girls, particularly inside schools.
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 risk to their safety.
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 Stockholm.
The Iranian authorities should cease their harassment of women human rights defenders and take urgent steps to dismantle the discriminatory legislation they are seeking to change, Amnesty International said in a report published today.
The Iranian authorities are continuing to harass activists working to defend women’s rights.
An international day of public and online action will
call on the Kenyan
government to protect people from politically-motivated and ethnic
violence.
