[women-rights] Sierra Leone: Pregnant women still denied lifesaving medical care
Amnesty International Press release6 September 2011 More than a year after the launch of the Free Health Care Initiative, pregnant women and girls in Sierra Leone continue to face serious challenges in...
View Article[women-rights] Tunisia: Government lifts restrictions on women's rights treaty
(Beirut) September 7, 2011 ─ Tunisia’s lifting of key reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
View Article[women-rights] Colombian authorities fail survivors of sexual violence
Amnesty International Press release21 September 2011 The Colombian authorities have failed to tackle the lack of justice for women and girl survivors during the country's long-running armed conflict,...
View Article[women-rights] Saudi Arabia: Women to vote, join Shura Council
But Reforms Exclude Other Forms of Discrimination, says Human Rights Watch (Amman) September 26, 2011 – King Abdullah’s announcement that women will be able to participate in municipal elections in...
View Article[women-rights] Symposium 'Arab Spring to Arab Summer - Writing Womens Rights...
‘Arab Spring to Arab Summer - Writing Women’s Rights into Constitutions’ The British Council, represented by Stephen Forbes, Regional Programme Director Middle East, is hosting a major event at Wiston
View Article[women-rights] Afghanistan: Implementation of violence against women law...
Joint report by the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan and the UN Human Rights Office KABUL, 23 NOVEMBER 2011 – Judicial and law enforcement officials are so far implementing sporadically the...
View Article[women-rights] 16 days of activism to eliminate violence against women
United Nations Press release23 November 2011 In August 2011, men and boys aged 18 to 25 were invited by the UNiTE campaign to use their creativity and imagination to create designs that Say NO to...
View Article[women-rights] Jordan: UN Special Rapporteur calls for further measures to...
AMMAN (24 November 2011) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo urged the Government of Jordan to adopt new measures to further promote equality and non-discrimination for women in the...
View Article[women-rights] International Day for the Elimination of Violence against...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-181-2011 November 25, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
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[women-rights] UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women will visit Italy
UNITED NATIONS Press release12 January 2011GENEVA / ROME – United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo will visit Italy from 15 to 26 January 2012 to gather information on the issue of violence...
View Article[women-rights] Combatting violence against women must be high on Italy's...
United Nations Press release27 January 2012 ROME – Despite efforts to combat violence against women in Italy, the levels of such violence remain high and there is an urgent need to address the...
View Article[women-rights] Still places available in Monitoring Women's Rights course
Dear Colleagues,There are still some places available in the e-learning course Monitoring Women's Rights (6 February-22 April
View Article[women-rights] International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital...
Does the EU have zero vision to end female genital mutilation? Joint press release Amnesty International and the European Women’s Lobby Brussels, 03 February 2012 -- Ahead of the International Day of Zero
View Article[women-rights] CEDAW 51st session: UN Committee on Elimination of...
Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 9 February 2012BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Consider Reports Presented by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Grenada, Norway, Brazil,
View Article[women-rights] Saudi Arabia: Policy to bar women, girls violates Olympic Charter
IOC/Saudi Arabia: End Ban on Women in Sport, urges Human Rights Watch (Los Angeles) February 15, 2012 – As the world prepares for the 2012 Olympics, the Saudi government is systematically...
View Article[women-rights] Lack of political will and missed opportunities in 2011 result...
Press release Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)New York/Geneva, 2 March 2012 Despite a dramatic year marked by significant political change and democratic transformation in parts of the world, 2011 was...
View Article[women-rights] Pillay: Capitalizing on women's potential in times of crisis
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on International Women’s Day Geneva, 7 March 2012 Mary Kini, Angela Apa and Agnes Sil belong
View Article[women-rights] International Women's Day, 8 March 2012
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Calls for Women’s Equal Participation in All Spheres of Life as Fundamental to Democracy and Justice UN Women Press ReleaseFor immediate release Ms.
View Article[women-rights] A call to step up efforts to empower women, particularly rural...
GENEVA (8 March 2012) – On International Women’s Day, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, calls on States
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