Amplifying women’s voices
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 […]
What happened at the National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls?
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 […]
Violence, death and injustice: A beginner’s guide to human rights in Nigeria
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 […]
Bitter anniversary for Egyptian women
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 […]
The national discussion about violence includes all of us
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 […]
The ‘secret’ doctor on a mission to help Afghanistan’s women
By Horia Mosadiq, Afghanistan researcher at Amnesty International “Nearly every woman in Afghanistan has a painful story to tell,” says Dr Lima, an Afghan woman who decided to take action […]
Why is a national public inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women needed?
By Craig Benjamin, Campaigner for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples Ten years ago, when Amnesty International released its first research report on missing and murdered Indigenous women, we did […]
Stop making excuses for sexual violence
When Amnesty launched My Body My Rights, our global campaign on sexual and reproductive rights, earlier this year, we were met by unfavourable headlines in the Moroccan media. It’s time […]
Unspeakable acts of inhumanity as violence intensifies in the Central African Republic
Susanna Flood, Amnesty International’s Director of Media, blogs from Bangui , There is hatred in their eyes as they spit their words out at you: “Djotodia doit partir”, Michel Djotodia, […]
Unspeakable acts of inhumanity as violence intensifies in the Central African Republic
Susanna Flood, Amnesty International’s Director of Media, blogs from Bangui There is hatred in their eyes as they spit their words out at you: “Djotodia doit partir”, Michel Djotodia, transitional […]
Trapped in an endless cycle of violence – the plight of Darfuri women and girls
By Manar Idriss, Sudan researcher at Amnesty International After spending more than a week this November in eastern Chad, interviewing Darfuri refugees in two different refugee camps, I found myself […]
16 days of activism against gender-based violence
By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner Since 1991, women’s rights activists from around the world have come together for 16 days in November and December to raise […]