Women Human Rights Defenders International CoalitionUN EVENT CALLS FOR PROTECTION AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 2030
(New York, 17 March 2016) “Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) are crucial in achieving the goals laid out in Agenda 2030, and states and the United Nations must take concrete steps to ensure that they are protected and… Read More
JOIN THE WHRDIC AT CSW 60
The WHRDIC is part of many events at the CSW60: The Role of Women Human Rights Defenders and Feminist Organisations in Realising Goal 16 of the Agenda 2030 Tuesday 15 March 2016, 10:30am CCUN, Chapel For more information… Read More
PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION PIONEERED BY WHRDS FACES THREAT OF CLOSURE
El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence and Torture is a prominent human rights organization which, since 1993, is providing support to torture victims and families of those who were subject to enforced disappearances in… Read More
Individual Stories, Collective Struggles: AWID’s 2015 Online Tribute to WHRDs
Women Human Rights Defenders through their dedication, commitment, and passion have fought for rights, gender and social justice leading to change in many of the communities in which this work has been rooted. The 2015 AWID Online Tribute… Read More
Wu Rongrong, one of the Chinese Feminist Five has talked about her suffering during the police interrogation and her detention.
The author of this article prefers to remain anonymous. Meeting Wu Rongrong Recently, I was blessed to meet up with Wu Rongrong, one of the “Feminist Five” in Hangzhou, China. On April 13, Ms. Wu was sent back… Read More
La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico
This month, Front Line Defenders and Verso launch La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights Defenders in Mexico. The first in a series of nonfiction graphic novels, La Lucha features the real life stories of… Read More
WHRDIC condemns the murder of Sabeen Mahmud
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition is appalled and deeply saddened at the news of the murder of Sabeen Mahmud, Pakistani woman human rights defender. On Friday 24 April in Karachi, Sabeen Mahmud was shot by unidentified… Read More
The Five are Free
On the evening of 13 April 2015, five women’s rights activists, detained in China for over a month, were conditionally released. Here’s the statement from WHRDIC member Frontline Defenders: The women’s rights activists, Ms Wu Rongrong, Ms Li… Read More
WHRDIC urges Egyptian authorities to drop charges against Azza Soliman
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition is alarmed that the Prosecutor General at the Qasr El Nile Prosecution Office in Cairo has rejected appeals for lawyer and woman human rights defender Azza Soliman to be listed as… Read More
WHRDIC urges Chinese authorities to release five young feminists
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) calls on Wang Xiaohong, the Director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, Chairman Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to immediately and unconditionally ensure the release the five young… Read More