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Indigenous women identify ways to ensure safety amidst intensive resource development

Increase local resources for health care services and safe houses, to enhance capacity to respond to sexual assaults. Label employee...

Russia: Domestic violence law puts women at greater risk

After President Vladimir Putin signed a legal reform that decriminalizes some forms of domestic violence, Anna Kirey, Deputy Director for...

Russia: Lawmakers must halt alarming plans to decriminalize domestic violence

Ahead of the second reading of a bill to decriminalize some forms of domestic violence in the Russian State Duma,...

Egypt: Prominent women’s rights activist arrested in worrying escalation

The arrest today of Azza Soliman, the founder of the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance, an NGO which works...

Police and governments must do more to earn the trust of Indigenous women in Canada: Amnesty International supports call for an inquiry into relations between police and Indigenous peoples in Quebec

New information released last week concerning police investigations into allegations of sexual violence and other abuses of Indigenous women and...

The many ways YOU celebrated International Women’s Day

What do dance, apps, films, standing on a bridge, and a feminist New Year’s celebration have in common? On International...

The many ways YOU celebrated International Women’s Day

What do dance, apps, films, standing on a bridge, and a feminist New Year’s celebration have in common? , ,...

10 ways we’ve defended women’s rights in the past year

March 8th is International Women’s Day and we’re taking a moment to reflect on how your support has changed women’s...

8 reasons why we still need International Women’s Day (and what you can do about it!)

International Women’s Day, March 8, is a rallying point for feminists worldwide. Established by the United Nations in 1975, it...

Prominent national organizations seek commitment that inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls will be truly national and comprehensive

In an open letter sent this week, five national organizations that have been deeply involved in efforts to expose and...

New statistics on violence against Aboriginal people released

A new report released today by Statistics Canada shows that Indigenous people are six times more likely than other people...

It’s up to us to raise women’s rights issues in election campaign

By Jackie Hansen, Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada I had great hopes for Thursday night’s Globe and Mail’s debate...

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