On 17-20 November in Bangkok, Thailand, there will be a regional intergovernmental meeting to review the progress of governments in implementing the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) entitled “Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment.” The intergovernmental Conference is a UN-led review of governments progress in relation to the Beijing Platform for […]
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) include women defending all human rights as well as all those who defend the rights of women and work on issues related to gender equality. WHRDs make a vital contribution to democratic processes, securing and maintaining peace, and ensuring security, development and respect for human rights in our communities. However, […]
The 16 Days of Action run from 25th November, UN International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10th December, Human Rights Day. The campaign spans these 16 Days in order to highlight the link between violence against women and human rights. Today, women and girls are subjected to many forms of human rights […]
November 9 is the annual celebration of One Day, One Struggle. Every year, the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) member organizations join forces to campaign locally and globally for sexual and bodily rights. Please go to http://www.csbronline.org/ for details.
5th of October, 2014 marks the 4th anniversary of the arrest of Dr. Ágnes Geréb. An arrest which led to her imprisonment for 70 days followed by house arrest for a further 3 years and 2 months. Then in late February, 2014 the Court of Appeal ruled that her confinement conditions should be relaxed for health reasons.
Mozambique will become one of the four African countries to legalise abortion. Mozambique’s parliament has already approved the groundbreaking legislation, but it still needs to be signed by the President Armando Guebuza.
The Committee of Experts (CEVI) of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará” (MESECVI) issued a Declaration on Violence against Women, Girls and Adolescents and their Sexual and Reproductive Rights (English, Spanish). In the declaration CEVI reaffirmed sexual and reproductive […]
Few highlights of the many, many ways in which activists mobilized worldwide, speaking out against #abortionstigma and demanding access to safe and legal abortion!
