Announcements
Largest ever LGBTI conference in Asia elects new representatives and chooses Taiwan for next conference in 2015
The 5th ILGA-Asia conference with the theme "The Phoenix Rising" held March 29-31st 2013 has seen the biggest attendance ever of LGBTI activists in a conference in the region.
Read more...Mexico: Man sentenced to 38 years in prison for the killing of human rights defender and journalist Regina Martinez
On 10 April 2013 the Third Court of First Instance of the Judicial District of Xalapa sentenced Jorge Antonio Hernandez Silva, “El Silva”, to 38 years and two months in prison, for the homicide and robbery of human rights defender and journalist Regina Martínez Pérez in April 2012.
Read more...Revolutionary kidnap alarm for human rights defenders at risk
Civil Rights Defenders today announces a potentially life-saving personal alarm, the Natalia Project, that uses GPS and social media to inform of a kidnapping within seconds.
Read more...Rios Montt Trial : Testimonies Report
On the 2nd April 2013 the Dictator Rios Montt’s trial began in Guatemala for genocide of the indigenous ixil people in the 1980s. The “Sector Mujeres” – the Guatemalan NCB – is following the trial and keeping us informed of its development.
Read more...Launch of the Global Initiative on Women's Security of Tenure
This World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty marks the launch of the Huairou Commission's Global Initiative on Women's Security of Tenure.
Read more...Grassroots Women Included in Agenda for first time at Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty
Grassroots women are opening up new space for participation in the global dialogue on issues of land and property at this year's Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, which started yesterday and lasts until Thursday, April 11.
Read more...Outcome Statement - 4th Fiji Consultation on Women’s Participation and equal representation in Parliament
The co-convenors of the Fiji Women's Forum are the National Council of Women Fiji, Soqosoqo Vakamarama I Taukei, FemLINKPacific and the Fiji Women's Rights Movement.
Read more...Papua New Guinea: Police must act urgently to save captured women accused of “sorcery"
Police in Papua New Guinea are not doing enough to ensure the release of a seriously injured woman currently detained by a group that accuses her of practising “sorcery”, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Read more...Sorcery Related Killings in PNG
The Pacific Women's Network Against Violence Against Women stands in solidarity with the North Bougainville Human Rights Committee (NBHRC) in condemning and demanding an end to sorcery related killings of innocent women in Papua New Guinea.
Read more...Michelle Bachelet's letter to the GEAR Campaign
A final thank you and farewell message from Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, to the members of the GEAR Campaign.
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