Announcements
WILPF Reaction to the Adoption of the First Ever Arms Trade Treaty
The treaty, which prohibits the sale of arms if there is a risk that the weapons could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, is the first ever treaty that recognizes the link between gender-based violence and the international arms trade.
Read more...G8 Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict
Adopted in London on 11 April 2013
Read more...Uruguay’s Equal Marriage Act a step towards full equality in the Americas
The Uruguayan Parliament’s adoption of the Equal Marriage Act on 10 April will bolster human rights protections and bring an inclusive society for all a step closer, Amnesty International said.
Read more...Situation of human rights defenders in Africa - Oral intervention at the 53rd ordinary session of ACHPR
Oral Intervention under agenda item 9: “Situation of human rights defenders”
Read more...Statement of the WHRD IC on the attempted assassination of Fidelina Sandoval of Honduras
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) strongly condemns the attempted assassination of the Honduran journalist and WHRD Fidelina Sandoval, who was shot at outside the television and radio station Globo TV where she works on the morning of 8 April, 2013.
Read more...CWGL’s Founding Director and Senior Scholar, Charlotte Bunch, honored through the creation of a Human Rights Defenders Award
Professor Charlotte Bunch will be honored today at the Global Fund for Women’s 25th Anniversary Gala with a human rights award named in her honor.
Read more...FemTALK Report: Where are the Women?
Rural women leaders continue to voice disappointment that the Fiji Government Draft Constitution is not inclusive of the collective call from women for Temporary Special Measures to support gender equality in parliament.
Read more...The WHRD IC expresses its solidarity with Ms. Suja Jones and its concern for the well-being of her children
Ms Suja Jones, an Indian woman human rights defender, has taken her French husband to court in the city of Bangalore, India, on charges of rape of their then 3 year-old daughter.
Read more...Open letter requesting the Indonesian Parliament to reject to the proposed ORMAS Law and create an enabling environment for civil society
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the Indonesian Forum for Environment (WALHI) and the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) write to express our deep concern on the Bill on Mass Organisations (ORMAS Bill) due for hearing in Parliament on 12 April 2013.
Read more...G8 Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict
Foreign Secretary William Hague, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura and Special Envoy of UN High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie spoke at the launch of the G8 Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in London [April 11]. This is a transcript of their comments.
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