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Refugee Women on Greek Islands in Constant Fear
AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis By Giorgos Kosmopoulos, Amnesty International LESVOS, Greece – Shirin, an Afghan journalist, was once shot at by the Taliban. After fleeing near-fatal attacks in her...
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President Obama, Stand with Women and Girls Raped in Conflict
FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images Globally, up to one out of every three women will experience physical and/or sexual violence in her lifetime. Gender-based violence (GBV)—which includes sexual...
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It’s time to make basic protections for women refugees a priority!
© UNHCR/A.McConnell By Nicole van Huyssteen, Women’s Human Rights Thematic Specialist Can you imagine not eating or drinking to avoid being watched by men as you shower or use the bathroom? Or being...
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5 Things I Learned at Argentina’s #NiUnaMenos March against Femicide
Credit: Trak Producciones by Magdalena Medley, Thematic Specialist – Women’s Human Rights Co-Group at Amnesty International USA On June 3, 2016, Argentinians took to the streets for a second time to...
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International Justice Must Include Women
(Photo Credit: Mahmud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images) By Nicole van Huyssteen and Magdalena Medley, Women’s Human Rights Thematic Specialists Ask yourself a question: When you think about war, what is the...
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By Kaitlyn Denzler, Women’s Rights Campaigner Over two and a half years ago, Amnesty International launched the My Body, My Rights (MBMR) Campaign, a global effort to end the control and...
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On International Day of the Girl, Stand in Solidarity with Yazidi Women and...
A girl in Khakhe camp who was a victim of Islamic State abuse. By Alice Dahle, AIUSA’s Women’s Human Rights Co-chair In early August 2014, extremist fighters, who were attempting to create a new...
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5 Reasons Women Need More Seats at the Peace Table
Paris, FRANCE: (FILES) This file picture taken 14 December 2005 at the Elysee Palace in Paris (MICHEL GANGNE/AFP/Getty Images) By Christina V. Harris, Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group “When will...
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Ohio’s proposed abortion bans would violate human rights—We must fight back!
UPDATE SINCE LAST POSTED: Ohio has become the 18th state to adopt a 20-week abortion ban. Governor Kasich vetoed the 6-week abortion ban, and signed the 20-week abortion ban into law on December...
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Trump’s Global Gag Rule a blow for women’s rights and lives.
A mere two days after millions of people marched around the word with and in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, President Donald J. Trump announced the “Global Gag Rule,” a major blow to...
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