http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2060/1973 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/127/2009/en Two women, Mehrnoush Etemadi and Hayedeh Tabesh, both members of the Campaign for Equality (also known as the One Million Signatures Campaign) have been arrested in Esfahan, central Iran, in relation to their peaceful activities for the Campaign. Mehrnoush Etemadi is held in Dastgerd Prison, Esfahan, but Hay Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR34/014/2009/en Trade unionist Jorge Chen Alvarez, an official in the National Health Workers' Union, has received a death threat believed to be connected to his work improving health care services for pregnant women and girls. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/010/2009/es Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR43/014/2009/en Nine women’s rights defenders are facing legal proceedings for their involvement in the case of a nine-year-old girl who obtained a legal abortion in Nicaragua after she was raped and became pregnant. It is feared that they have been targeted for their human rights work, particularly in the area of reprodu Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/010/2009/en Human rights defender Rita Mahato has been threatened with death, rape and kidnapping as a result of her work helping women in Nepal who have suffered acts of violence. She is a health adviser at the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC). The police have failed to provide Rita Mahato with protection or to Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/activists-honduras-tell-amnesty-international-hidden-human-rights-crisis-2009120 An Amnesty International delegation in Honduras talked to humanrights activists about the hidden crisis affecting theCentral American nation. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/analysis-hiv-progress-blunted-discrimination-and-sexual-violence-20091201 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/yemeni-women-face-violence-and-discrimination-20091125 Women in Yemen face systemic discrimination and endemic violence withdevastating consequences for their lives. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT77/009/2009/en Most of the people living in poverty in the world are women. Discrimination is a key driver of poverty. In some countries discrimination against women is built into the law. The violence women face helps keep them poor, and it is poor women who are most exposed to violence. Women continue to be most affected Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR60/005/2009/en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International