Women’s Human Rights Defenders: A clear target of violence and repression

FRIDAY FILE: Margaret Sekaggya, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders submitted her third report to the UN Human Rights Council. This report is the first to focus exclusively on the situation of women defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues.

By Analía Penchaszadeh

The freedom to decide what to do with our lives

by Gabby De Cicco

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Twenty years of resistance and essential work in Haiti

Created as a form of resistance, AFASDA’s mission is to work with Haitian women and girls to advance their overall development, the respect of their rights, and also to contribute to reframing violence against women from a domestic problem to a national one.

Blossoming in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Founded in 2008, La Floraison’s mission is to mobilize, convene and support young women human rights activists in Fizi territory, Democratic Republic of Congo, to advance their social, cultural and economic wellbeing

"Overcoming adversity and healing the pain" - Iniobong Usanga

Iniobong, an AWID member since January 2015, is an Irish citizen with Nigerian roots. She was forced to leave Nigeria after experiencing domestic, abuse.

Ending violence against women, "it's still worth a fight!"

Lina Abirafeh is Lebanese and Palestinian. For nearly 20 years she has been dedicated to working on issues pertaining to violence against women, specifically in emergency contexts and in over 20 countries. 

Mobilizing for Women and Girl Victims of War Violence in the DRC

For over twenty years, the wars affecting eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been at the root of massive human rights violations – particularly the rights of women, girls and children – including rape and other forms of violence against women and girls.