Indonesian women students protest outside the UN representative in Jakarta
Violence against women is the most widespread human rights abuse. Every day, thousands of women and girls are abused and murdered by their families, raped in armed conflicts and attacked for defending women's rights. See our list of support services around Australia for women experiencing violence.
HannahH 11/6/2009
What’s the right to water got to do with violence against women? Read the latest report by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and find out.
HannahH 24/3/2009
From Tunisia to Taiwan, from Slovenia to Peru, this year Amnesty marked International Women’s Day in over 30 countries in a myriad of ways.
Australian activists call on Nepal’s Government to come good on its election promise to protect women’s rights defenders who continue to face violence and sometimes death.
The United Arab Emirates continues to sentence women to flogging and imprisonment under discriminatory laws.
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Kavira Muraulu is a farmer in the DR Congo who was bayoneted in the stomach after she complained about being raped by a soldier.
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