Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule
In less than a year, the Taliban have decimated the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Soon after they took control of the country’s government, the Taliban said they […]
Afghanistan: Taliban’s ‘suffocating crackdown’ destroying lives of women and girls – New report
The report, Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule, also reveals how women who peacefully protested against these oppressive rules have been threatened, arrested, detained, tortured, and forcibly disappeared
End violence and serious human rights violations against Afghan refugees
By Alliance for Human Rights in AfghanistanWorld Refugee Day 2022 To mark World Refugee Day, members of the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan stand together to honour Afghan refugees […]
Indigenous Women, Girls and Gender-Diverse People Are Humans With Rights
Lynne Groulx is a Métis woman from the Treaty Three historic Métis community of Rainy River/Lake of the Woods, and is the Chief Executive Officer for the Native Women’s Association […]
Our Continued Solidarity with Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit Individuals
The 2022 federal budget was announced on April 7th and was keenly scrutinized for its gender-based analysis in all domains, financial commitments towards Indigenous reconciliation, and the continued COVID-response. With […]
MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA: Investigate Violations Against Raped Activist
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 33/21, UPDATE 3 HERE Sultana Khaya, an activist for Sahrawis’ right to self-determination and her family have been under a de facto house arrest since […]
Member Perspectives on IWD: Reflections on the Anniversary of the Atlanta Spa Shootings and Ongoing Attacks on Asian Women
Content Warning: Anti-Asian racism and hate crimes, (sexual) gender-based violence, gun violence, death Note: ‘Asian’ is often misused to refer to only people of East Asian descent, reinforcing a monolith […]
International Women’s Day: Dramatic deterioration in respect for women’s rights and gender equality must be decisively reversed
Alarming assaults on women’s rights around the world in 2021/22. Legal protections dismantled, and women human rights defenders now at unprecedented risk. Protection and promotion of women’s and girls’ […]
Afghanistan: Global petition calls on international community to stop the Taliban’s suppression of women’s and girls’ rights
More than 80,000 global supporters and activists have signed a petition calling on the international community to urgently stand up for women’s rights in Afghanistan and hold the Taliban accountable […]
Reflections on International Women’s Day 2022
As we celebrate the continued accomplishments of women in our communities, heavy on our minds are the enduring challenges for women in all areas of our societies. In the past […]
Dignified justice for women human rights defenders in Mexico
By Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Americas Director 31 January 2021 On 19 October 2001, the human rights defender Digna Ochoa was killed in her offices in Mexico City. The heinous […]
Afghanistan: Survivors of gender-based violence abandoned following Taliban takeover – new research
Essential services for women and girl survivors of gender-based violence in Afghanistan have been decimated following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Amnesty International said today. In 26 new interviews, […]