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Iranian women call for action on gang-rapes
A recent spate of gang-rapes and sexual assaults in Iran highlights increasing violence against women.
Australian Government answers Amnesty’s call to reduce violence against women
The launch of a National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children marks a huge win in our campaign to stop violence against women.
Haiti’s struggle, one year on
Brave women in Haiti who have overcome their oppressors are breaking the silence and making their plight public.
Women speak out against sexual violence in Haiti’s camps
Women and girls living in Haiti's makeshift camps are increasingly at risk of rape and sexual violence.
Indonesia: Exploitation and abuse: the plight of women domestic workers
This report focuses on women and girl domestic workers who work for private employers throughout Indonesia and outlines the human rights abuses they face and makes recommendations to the Indonesian government to ensure that this situation does not continue.
Indonesia: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Amnesty International's briefing to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women focuses on the lack of protection of women and girl domestic workers from gender-based violence and their discrimination in the field of employment, health and education in Indonesia.
The “happiest place on earth”?
According to the Lonely Planet, Vanuatu is the happiest place on earth. But as Hannah Harborow found out when she visited the Pacific island, things aren't quite as happy as they would seem...
The historic journey you made possible
See how you helped send two courageous women from Papua New Guinea to represent their country at the United Nations in New York.
Papua New Guinea: Update to briefing to UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Amnesty International submitted this update to its August 2009 briefing on Papua New Guinea to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Six years that changed the world
Six years ago Amnesty International launched our campaign to Stop Violence Against Women, a campaign that would change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
A new beginning
After six years Amnesty's SVAW campaign may now have ended, but that doesn't mean we will no longer be working on women's human rights and gender issues.
UN pressed for new women’s agency
A petition bearing the signatures of almost 35,000 activists calling for a new UN agency focused on women's issues has been handed over.
Kiribati: Amnesty International submission to the UN Human Rights Council
Amnesty International has made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Kiribati.In particular, Amnesty raised concerns over gender discrimination, violence against women and discriminatory legislation.
Papua New Guinea: Grace and Josephine’s stories
Grace and Josephine are two of many women in Papua New Guinea who have told Amnesty International their stories of domestic and sexual violence.
Papua New Guinea: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Amnesty International submitted a briefing for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) prior to its' pre-sessional working group meeting on 10-14 August 2009, during which Papua New Guinea’s Initial, Second and Third Periodic Reports were considered.
Haiti: after the earthquake
An Amnesty International delegation visited Haiti from 4 to 25 March to assess ongoing human rights concerns stemming from the humanitarian crisis caused by the earthquake of 12 January 2010. In particular, the delegation investigated human rights issues relating to the protection of groups at risk, mostly women and children, in and outside makeshift camps of displaced people.
Sexual violence in Haitian camps of the displaced, beyond the numbers
Chiara Liguori visits the makeshift camps set up in Haiti and finds a reduction in reports of sexual violence - are they talking to the right people?
Breaking the silence
Launched on International Women's Day 2010, a new report finds that survivors of rape in Cambodia face limited access to justice, medical services and counselling.
The dark side of the Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created to examine the causes and impacts of the 1998-2003 armed conflict, which resulted in killings, torture and internal displacement of large numbers of Solomon Islanders.
The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty
Why is it that more than two thirds of the world’s poor are women, although women are only half of the world’s population? Read Amnesty International's report The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty to find out more on the state of women in the world today.
The women of Bosnia and Herzegovina are still waiting
In December 2008, Amnesty International delegates visited Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct field research on the legacy of war crimes of sexual violence. Whose Justice? The Women of Bosnia and Herzegovina Are Still Waiting, is a result of this investigation.
16 Days of Activism
16 Days of Activism is an international campaign calling for an end to violence against women. Last year thousands of organisations and individuals across the globe will took a stand against gender-based violence.
Many voices, one message
Across Papua New Guinea (PNG), two thirds of women experience physical violence at the hands of their husbands. Women in PNG are calling for an end to the violence, add your voice to the call.
Working on the frontline in the Democratic Republic of Congo
After a decade researching human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Amnesty International, Andrew Philip believes there is no worse place on earth to be female.
Justice for comfort women - our achievements
A call has been for the newly elected Japanese Government to apologise to the thousands of women forced into sexual slavery in World War II, known as comfort women.
About the campaign
Violence against women is one of the most widespread human rights abuses. 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.
The total abortion ban in Nicaragua
Nicaragua criminalised abortion in all circumstances on 9 July 2008. One year on, Amnesty International has concerns about the human rights violations resulting from the new penal code.
Getting to the heart of violence
What’s the right to water got to do with violence against women? Read a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and find out.
Nepal fails to deliver on commitment to women
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.
Amnesty salutes women human rights defenders
From Tunisia to Taiwan, from Slovenia to Peru, Amnesty marked International Women’s Day 2009 in over 30 countries in a myriad of ways.
I hope that Australia is bringing diplomatic pressure to bear in the fight against this prehistoric legislation.
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