Turkey: Targeting of LGBTI people to justify quitting convention on combating violence against women is dangerous
Responding to a statement by the Turkish government justifying their proposal to pull out of a convention to combat and prevent domestic violence against women by claiming it is being […]
Why do we need a National Action Plan on violence against women?
The scale and severity of violence faced by Indigenous women and girls requires a corresponding commitment by government to ensuring their safety. Amnesty International has long called for a comprehensive, […]
Bangladesh: Death penalty is not the solution for violence against women
Responding the Bangladeshi government’s decision to introduce the death penalty as a punishment for rape, Amnesty International’s South Asia Researcher, Sultan Mohammed Zakaria, said: “This regressive step is a […]
Why do we need a National Action Plan on violence against women?
The scale and severity of violence faced by Indigenous women and girls requires a corresponding commitment by government to ensuring their safety. Amnesty International has long called for a comprehensive, […]
The importance of Bill C-16 on Gender Identity: In conversation with violence against women advocate Dillon Black
On the eve of the final Senate committee hearings on Bill C-16 on Gender Identity, Amnesty’s women’s rights campaigner Jackie Hansen caught up with violence against women advocate and LGBTI […]
Rapid growth in Fort St John creates conditions for increased risk of violence against women
A significant gulf in average wages between women and men. A severe shortage of affordable housing and quality childcare. An economic development model that depends on fly-in workers, labour camps […]
End violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQIA+ land and water defenders in Canada
Canada has a long history of harm and human rights abuses against Indigenous land and water defenders who are opposing colonial expropriation and protecting their lands and waters from extractive […]
Kanahus Manuel: “Canada must end violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ land and water defenders”
Kanahus Manuel is a land and water defender, tattoo artist and traditional birth keeper belonging to the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa Nations of the south-central interior of so-called British Columbia. Kanahus […]
Americas: Women and girls who flee Venezuela are unprotected against gender-based violence and discrimination
Gender-based violence has a heightened impact on Venezuelan women and girls who seek international protection, after fleeing massive human rights violations in their home country, warned Amnesty International today on […]
Moving from rhetoric to action to end violence against First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, girls and two-spirit people
On June 3, 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, with 231 Calls for Justice. Two years later, on June 3, 2021, […]
Ending violence against Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people starts close to home
DOWNLOAD THE CAMPAIGN GUIDE The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls finished its work a year and a half ago, and the issue has largely faded from news […]
Mexico: Authorities used illegal force and sexual violence to silence women protesting against gender-based violence
Mexican authorities repressed women who were peacefully protesting against gender-based violence in 2020, violating their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly by using unnecessary and excessive force, arbitrary […]