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26th January 2012, The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) is concerned about reports from our partners in Nepal - the National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders (NAWHRD) - regarding actions allegedly taken by the Government of Nepal to forcibly evict almost 8,000 persons living on the banks of the Bagmati River and to harass and obstruct those defending their rights....

2011-12-19T05:23:32+01:00 2011-12-19T05:23:32+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/human_rights_legal_implications.php whrd@apwld.org

This is the third time a Bill prohibiting same sex marriage is introduced by the Nigerian parliament. The proposed law is titled 'Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill, 2011', however, it goes well beyond the title to criminalise every Nigerian person(s), individual and group who may be suspected of any trace, exhibition, association and or characteristic of same sex relationship, friendship, association or gesture....

2011-12-12T06:58:16+01:00 2011-12-12T06:58:16+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/whrd_ic_calls_mexican_women_shot_five.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) condemns the attempted assassination of women human rights defender Norma Esther Andrade on the 2nd of December. She was shot on her way to work, in front of her two grandchildren, after their school had received a call asking for details of Norma Esther Andrade's movements and a threat that, 'We will be waiting for her outside the school'....

2011-11-30T03:51:48+01:00 2011-11-30T03:51:48+01:00 http://groundviews.org/2011/11/29/sri-lankan-women-human-rights-defenders-linking-past-and-present-challenges/ whrd@apwld.org

As another year begins to draw to a close on post-war Sri Lanka, we can take stock of which changes, or the lack of change, we see around us. The full scope of human rights are still not available to civilians living in areas formerly controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which are now tightly controlled by the Sri Lankan armed forces, with strong restrictions prevailing on their right to move freely and their right to assemble, amongst other fundamental rights....

2011-10-26T05:28:23+01:00 2011-10-26T05:28:23+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/to_the_un_general_assembly.php whrd@apwld.org

We, the undersigned human rights, women's rights and health organizations, welcome the report (A/66/254) of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, to the UN General Assembly presented on 24 October 2011 as a milestone in the struggle for the full realization of the right to health for all....

2011-10-19T09:54:15+01:00 2011-10-19T09:54:15+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/resources.php whrd@apwld.org

The publication Urgent Responses For Women Human Rights Defenders At Risk: Mapping And Preliminary Assessment that AWID produced with the Urgent Responses Working Group of the WHRD International Coalition is now available for download in English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Arabic! ....

2011-10-19T02:32:00+01:00 2011-10-19T02:32:00+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/ext_deadline.php whrd@apwld.org

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2011-09-26T09:32:01+01:00 2011-09-26T09:32:01+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/ext_deadline.php whrd@apwld.org

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2011-09-21T07:57:49+01:00 2011-09-21T07:57:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_arbitrary_detention_judicial.php whrd@apwld.org

Paris-Geneva, September 16, 2011. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), condemns the continuing repression of human rights defenders in Iran, notably lawyers and women's rights defenders.....

2011-09-02T08:20:05+01:00 2011-09-02T08:20:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/due_19th_applications.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) is looking for an experienced writer to produce a 'Global Report on the State of Affairs of Women Human Rights Defenders'. This report will draw on the analyses of member organisations of the WHRD IC over the last 5 years, as well as case studies of individual and groups of WHRDs. The working group members will comment on drafts of the report. The Global Report must be finalized by mid November of 2011.....

2011-09-02T08:20:05+01:00 2011-09-02T08:20:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/due_16th_sep_applications.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) is a resource and advocacy network for the protection and support of women human rights defenders worldwide.....

2011-08-25T05:32:49+01:00 2011-08-25T05:32:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/whrd_coalition_condemns_apparent.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) condemns the actions of the authorities in the unlawful destruction of the property owned by Leyla Yunus on the night of the 11 August 2011.....

2011-07-27T02:22:29+01:00 2011-07-27T02:22:29+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/coalition_calls_for_immediate.php whrd@apwld.org

25 July 2011 The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition is deeply concerned by the ongoing detention of an Iranian women's rights activist, despite a legal order for her release. Maryam Bahreman, a member of Iran's One Million Signatures Campaign, was arrested on 11 May and held in solitary confinement. After questioning at the Prosecutor's Office on July 5, an order was issued for Ms Bahreman's release on bail. However, the order was not implemented and she remains in Shiraz prison.....

2011-07-12T05:40:24+01:00 2011-07-12T05:40:24+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/papua_new_guinea_new_network.php whrd@apwld.org

FRIDAY FILE: A new network of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) brings together women leaders in the Eastern Highlands, the country's most isolated region.....

2011-06-24T04:36:41+01:00 2011-06-24T04:36:41+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/the_assassination_of_ana_fabricia.php whrd@apwld.org

We are deeply saddened by the assassination of Ana Fabricia Cordoba, a committed women human rights defender, a leader of displaced communities, and a member of the Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres, on 7 June 2011 in Medellin, Colombia. This killing is the latest killing of a leader of displaced communities and of those campaigning for land restitution....

2011-05-26T03:09:58+01:00 2011-05-26T03:09:58+01:00 http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/23/saudi-arabia-free-woman-who-dared-drive whrd@apwld.org

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2011-05-16T04:03:53+01:00 2011-05-16T04:03:53+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/awid_resource_net.php whrd@apwld.org

New mechanism to respond to violence against human rights defenders in the Americas: Hopes and challenges ahead

2011-04-21T04:32:23+01:00 2011-04-21T04:32:23+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/cambodia_withdraw_flawed.php whrd@apwld.org

(Bangkok, April 7, 2011) – Cambodia's draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Forum-Asia, Global Witness, Southeast Asia Press Alliance, Frontline Defenders, and FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said today.

2011-04-12T03:48:35+01:00 2011-04-12T03:48:35+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_new_ngo_law.php whrd@apwld.org

The Iranian parliament is set to approve a law which will limit the independence of civil society organizations in the country. If passed, many more civil society activists in Iran could risk prosecution for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom association and assembly.

2011-04-12T03:48:35+01:00 2011-04-12T03:48:35+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/inter_american_commission.php whrd@apwld.org

Geneva-Paris, April 7, 2011 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), welcomes the decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to establish an Office of the Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.

2011-03-25T03:52:51+01:00 2011-03-25T03:52:51+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/amnesty_internatinal_has_today_called.php whrd@apwld.org

Amnesty International has today (23 March) called on the Egyptian authorities to investigate serious allegations of torture, including forced 'virginity tests', inflicted by the army on women protesters arrested in Tahrir Square earlier this month.

2011-03-24T03:55:46+01:00 2011-03-24T03:55:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/oral_statement_iwraw_shirkat.php whrd@apwld.org

Thank you Mr. President. I am delivering this statement on behalf of Shirkat Gah - Pakistan, Baobab for Women\'s Human Rights –Nigeria, IWRAW Asia Pacific, Partners for Law in Development – India, and the Violence is Not our Culture campaign....

2011-03-16T03:37:14+01:00 2011-03-16T03:37:14+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/special_rapporteur.php whrd@apwld.org

On 10 March 2011 the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, presented her third annual report to the Human Rights Council (the Council) during a clustered interactive dialogue together with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief....

2011-02-28T03:01:11+01:00 2011-02-28T03:01:11+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/afghan_gov_take_over.php whrd@apwld.org

Publication Date: February 22, 2011....

2011-02-25T05:11:32+01:00 2011-02-25T05:11:32+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/nepal_serious_threats.php whrd@apwld.org

NEPAL: Serious threats to human rights defenders hampering democratisation and peace-building....

2010-12-23T07:36:46+01:00 2010-12-23T07:36:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/ohchr_information_note.php whrd@apwld.org

The UN Human Rights office continues with preparations for Human Rights Day 2010 on 10 December, with the focus on human rights defenders who act to end discrimination. We hope you are also developing your own activities and promotional materials. ....

2010-12-01T02:17:04+01:00 2010-12-01T02:17:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/call_for_justice_decry.php whrd@apwld.org

Women human rights defenders led by Tanggol Bayi, an organization of women human rights defenders, today gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to commemorate the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders this November 29, 2010.....

2010-11-30T03:44:30+01:00 2010-11-30T03:44:30+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pambazuka_news_506.php whrd@apwld.org

The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Comment & analysis .....

2010-11-24T07:37:29+01:00 2010-11-24T07:37:29+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/un_iranian_crackdown.php whrd@apwld.org

GENEVA - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed renewed concern for the fate of human rights defenders in Iran, particularly Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh who was on hunger strike for several weeks in Tehran's Evin Prison.....

2010-11-15T04:18:03+01:00 2010-11-15T04:18:03+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/whrd_afspa.php whrd@apwld.org

On June 20th, Stand Up and Be Counted Join us for a Rally organised by One Law for All against Sharia and religious laws and for secularism and universal rights

2010-06-14T03:31:26+01:00 2010-06-14T03:31:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/one_law_for_all.php whrd@apwld.org

On June 20th, Stand Up and Be Counted Join us for a Rally organised by One Law for All against Sharia and religious laws and for secularism and universal rights

2010-06-14T03:31:26+01:00 2010-06-14T03:31:26+01:00 http://www.lammp.org/2010/05/20/guatemala-conference-statement/ whrd@apwld.org

INDIGENOUS MAYAN, AYMARA, PEMON AND NON-INDIGENOUS WOMEN OF GUATEMALA, BOLIVIA, ECUADOR, PERU AND VENEZUELA FACED WITH VIOLATIONS TO INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS CARRIED OUT BY MINING COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS WITHIN THE TERRITORIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND PEASANT COMMUNITIES.

2010-06-14T03:31:26+01:00 2010-06-14T03:31:26+01:00 http://www.vimeo.com/11735844 whrd@apwld.org

La Conferencia Internacional Mas Alla del Reto: Mujeres, Mineria y Derechos Humanos tuvo lugar en Ciudad de Guatemala entre el 15 y 17 de Marzo del 2010 y fue organizada por LAMMP y ULAM.

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/call_for_naminations.php whrd@apwld.org

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Human Rights Defenders Tulip award. Nominations must be received by 15 June 2010. Established in 2008, the Human Rights Defenders Tulip is an initiative of the Dutch government. It is an award whose purpose is to recognize individuals who have shown exceptional moral courage in protecting and promoting the rights of their fellow human beings. The winner receives an individual cash award of EUR 10,000 and the opportunity to submit a project proposal to intensify his or her human rights work up to a value of EUR 100,000. In addition, the winner is given the opportunity to meet with relevant stakeholders in Europe. An independent jury selects three finalists for the award. The winner is selected by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs who will present the award at a ceremony in The Hague on 10 December 2010, international Human Rights Day.

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_meso_american.php whrd@apwld.org

The Meso American Meeting of Women Activists for Human Rights in Oaxaca, Mexico on 23 - 25 April 2010 was a meeting among women, lesbian and trans activists from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and representatives of regional and international women\'s organisations to strategise towards developing a regional collaboration to address and prevent violence against women human rights defenders in Mexico and Central America.

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/lgbt_activism.php whrd@apwld.org

An account of the fundamentalist disruption of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) Asia Conference from the perspective of Grace Poore, Coordinator of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Asia & Pacific Islands Program, who was in attendance

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/recog_chinese.php whrd@apwld.org

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 8, 2010) While women make significant contributions to the promotion of human rights in China, their efforts are often overlooked. Many women human rights defenders (HRDs) are grassroots activists, and because of their lower profile they may not attract the attention of the domestic or international media. Others may be overshadowed by the work of husbands who are prominent human rights activists themselves. And yet, despite difficulties gaining recognition and support for their work, they continue to make great personal sacrifices in their courageous struggle for the cause of advancing human rights...

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/inter_article19.php whrd@apwld.org

ARTICLE 19 joins the global community on International Women's Day to celebrate the leadership and contribution of thousands of women around the world who strive for women's equality and empowerment through their daily work....

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/respect_universality.php whrd@apwld.org

As women human rights defenders and members of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC), we note with grave concern the circumstances under which Gita Sahgal, a member of the WHRD IC Executive Committee and head of the Gender Unit of the International Secretariat of Amnesty International (AI), is currently under suspension on the same day that she publicly questioned the specific alliances entered into by AI in its advocacy to defend victims of torture in Guantanamo Bay...

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf/whrd_ic_calendar2010.pdf whrd@apwld.org

A calendar of key human rights events of concern to women human rights defenders, noting important sites of advocacy and possible areas of intervention.

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/asia_demands.php whrd@apwld.org

(09 October 2009) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly denounces the arbitrary arrest and detention of the women human rights defenders (WHRDs) by the Burmese Special Branch Police on 3 October 2009. FORUM ASIA demands that the Burmese government immediately release the four WHRDs. FORUM ASIA also demands that the Burmese government stop the arbitrary arrests and detention of human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders...

2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 2010-06-13T00:32:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/august09_condems_the_continuing.php whrd@apwld.org

We denounce the unjust verdict handed down based on another trumped up case against Nobel Peace laureate, pro-democracy leader and human rights defender Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...