Amnesty International and Element AI release largest ever study into online abuse against women One in ten tweets mentioning black women politicians and journalists in a sample analyzed by Amnesty […]

English PDF     French PDF Sign our online petition to #DefendConsent (December 10, 2018) Across Canada and as recently as 2017, Indigenous women report being forcibly or coercively sterilized. Some women […]

Amnesty publishes review of human rights in 2018 Women activists around the world have been at the forefront of the battle for human rights in 2018, Amnesty International said today […]

Women human rights defenders experience harassment and violence because of what they’re advocating for and because of their gender. People who advocate for freedom, justice, and equality often do so […]

Most European countries still do not recognize in law that sex without consent is rape, Amnesty International said on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, highlighting […]

TAKE ACTION to end sterilizations without consent Canadian and international media are reporting on the ongoing practice of coerced of forced sterilizations of Indigenous women in Canada. Here’s what you […]

Presidential election in Cameroon on Sunday 7 October 123 civilians killed by Boko Haram so far this year in Far North region where 230,000 people are internally displaced More than […]

Take ACTION to help us make an IMPACT during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign in November-December! Amnesty International Canada has long been campaigning alongside organizations like […]

by Craig Benjamin and Jackie Hansen A new report describes the devastating impact that decades of hydroelectric development have had for First Nations in north-eastern Manitoba, including allegations of sexual […]

by Craig Benjamin and Jackie Hansen A new report describes the devastating impact that decades of hydroelectric development have had for First Nations in north-eastern Manitoba, including allegations of sexual […]

By Tamara Moussa Beirut, Lebanon. On December 10, 2017, Iraq declared its victory over the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS), which had been attempting to establish a so-called Islamic Caliphate in […]

By Tamara Moussa Beirut, Lebanon. On December 10, 2017, Iraq declared its victory over the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS), which had been attempting to establish a so-called Islamic Caliphate in […]