Updeate from defendingwomen-defendingrights.org http://defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/ 2010-06-13T07:32:04+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 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...