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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Land and water defender, Kukpi7 Judy Wilson (Secwépemc Nation) at a prayer circle in Blue River, British Columbia. Photo credit: Billie Jean Photography

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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