Mariame Dabo, 59, lives in Tambacounda, in eastern Senegal. A survivor of female genital mutilation as a child, Mariame works tirelessly to raise community awareness of women’s and girls’ rights […]

“Being a victim of female genital mutilation myself led me to work alongside girls to support them, and to raise parents’ awareness so that they would stop this practice,” says […]

On March 8, people around the country will come together to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 in Canada. It’s an annual global day that recognizes and celebrates women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements.

This year people around the world continued to prove that change is possible. From changing laws to ensuring justice prevails, here are Amnesty's human rights successes of 2024.

The Amnesty International Canada Media Awards honour reporting by Canada-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad.

As we celebrate the continued accomplishments of women in our communities, heavy on our minds are the enduring challenges for women in all areas of our societies. In the past […]

International Women’s Day 2021 International Women’s Day should be a time of celebration. It might feel like there’s not much to be positive about right now, especially when we consider […]

Governments are failing to protect women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who routinely face a wide range of gender specific attacks, including rape, because of their work promoting rights relating to […]

48 girls suffered medical complications following female genital mutilation last month More than half of girls marry before their eighteenth birthday The plight of 48 girls who had complications from […]

                                    Armoured vehicle sales, forgotten residential school survivors, Bangladeshi climate refugees and Tanzanian girls fleeing FGM are among the human rights issues recently explored by Canadian journalists. Today, journalists who...

This month’s Amnesty International Book Club pick, Secret Daughter, is a touching story of three women, worlds apart but entwined through circumstance, loss and love.  In telling these stories, author […]

This month’s Amnesty International Book Club pick, Secret Daughter, is a touching story of three women, worlds apart but entwined through circumstance, loss and love.  In telling these stories, author […]