These fierce women show us why we still need International Women’s Day
It’s been more than 40 years since the UN chose 8 March as the day to celebrate the power and efforts of women worldwide. A rallying call for feminists everywhere, […]
Five wins for women’s rights
The rights of women and girls are at the heart of what we do. Here are some recent wins we’ve helped bring about alongside the many grassroots activists who have […]
Five wins for women’s rights
The rights of women and girls are at the heart of what we do. Here are some recent wins we’ve helped bring about alongside the many grassroots activists who have […]
Amnesty International concerned about accounts of violence and abuse of Indigenous women at labour camps in northern Manitoba
January, 28, 2019 (Ottawa): First Nations advocates and leaders in northern Manitoba have shared very concerning accounts of violence and abuse associated with energy development with Amnesty International, some of […]
Nepal: Authorities must proactively act to eradicate the harmful practice of banishing women and girls to huts during their menstrual cycles
Responding to the death in Bajura district, Nepal, of a woman and her two young sons who had been forced to sleep in an outhouse during her menstruation, a practice […]
Crowdsourced Twitter study reveals shocking scale of online abuse against women
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 […]
Urgent Action Needed to Ensure Indigenous Women Are Not Sterilized Without Their Consent
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 […]
Oppressive, sexist policies galvanize bold fight for women’s rights in 2018
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: Challenging power
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 […]
Women across Europe failed by outdated rape legislation
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 […]
Indigenous women in Canada continue to be coercively or forcibly sterilized
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 […]
Cameroon: Next government must tackle human rights crises in violence-hit regions
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 […]