With the release of a new report today, the RCMP confirmed that it is no longer attempting to track murders of First Nations, Inuit and Métis women across all jurisdictions […]

With the release of a new report today, the RCMP confirmed that it is no longer attempting to track murders of First Nations, Inuit and Métis women across all jurisdictions […]

By Craig Benjamin and Jackie Hansen Last month, federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt disclosed previously unreleased RCMP statistics about the numbers of murders committed by Indigenous men. The Minister […]

By Craig Benjamin and Jackie Hansen Last month, federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt disclosed previously unreleased RCMP statistics about the numbers of murders committed by Indigenous men. The Minister […]

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner , Afghanistan is a dangerous place. It’s particularly dangerous for women, who all too often experience threats and violence simply because […]

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner Afghanistan is a dangerous place. It’s particularly dangerous for women, who all too often experience threats and violence simply because of […]

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner Campaigning against laws in Iran which discriminate against women and girls has just gotten a whole lot harder for Bahareh Hedayat […]

By Stella Jegher, Amnesty International Switzerland , This International Women’s Day, we look back 20 years to a historic UN meeting in Beijing that saw world leaders make bold commitments […]

By Jackie Hansen and Craig Benjamin Last week, the National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls brought together family members of missing and murdered Indigenous women and […]

As Nigerians prepare to go to the polling stations to elect their President on March 28, we take a look at some of the main human rights issues facing people […]

By Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Program The streets are empty. The prisons are full. The fourth anniversary of Egypt’s “25 […]

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner Events being reported in the Canadian media have launched a national conversation about violence against women. It is a difficult but […]