By Jacqueline Hansen, Amnesty International’s Major Campaigns and Women’s Human Rights Campaigner. “We can start with our future, our children, teach them love instead of hate… Violence, it’s easy to […]

Do you see how I see? Many ghosts in the afterglow of sunset nights Nature’s beauty lost by the loss of human rights Daughters deserted, mothers are murdered: the women […]

A new report by the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women offers no real solutions to the widespread threats to the lives of Indigenous women in […]

The former governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province and two other senior army officers must be investigated for possible crimes against humanity committed while suppressing […]

Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further erases the human rights of women and girls, imposing the death penalty, flogging, prison terms and other severe penalties to […]

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 […]

More than 100 civil society organizations and service providers in Ontario have signed an open letter to Premier Ford, calling on the Ontario government to urgently declare intimate partner violence […]

The #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign that raises awareness about the systemic nature of gender-based violence. The #16Days of Activism begins on the International Day […]

Canada is rushing to finish negotiating a free trade agreement with Ecuador. An important goal is to promote more Canadian mining investment. On November 1st, Canada released a study called […]

The Fundación Nydia Erika Bautista (FNEB) is a group of women searchers fighting for justice and supporting the families of those who have disappeared. On October 24, during a private […]

What is a crime against humanity?  Crimes against humanity refer to certain crimes committed as part of widespread or systematic attacks against a civilian population. They shock the conscience of humanity […]

From 29 September to 6 October 2024, Amnesty International Canada co-hosted a delegation of Indigenous women leaders and environment defenders from Ecuador. The visit was organized with the Canadian Centre […]