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  • Fact sheet series: Stop Violence Against Women

    Learn more about violence against women in Amnesty International Australia's special fact sheet series. The nine fact sheets cover a range of issues relating to violence towards women, including domestic violence in Australia, rape in conflict, mythbusting and the call for a National Plan of Action.

  • Women’s human rights

    Many international agreements make references to discrimination, however the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), more popularly known as the "Women's Convention", is the only international convention that specifically relates to women's human rights. It is an international treaty administered and enforced by the United Nations (UN).

  • Women in custody

    All over the world, women held in custody are vulnerable to abuse. Often held alone, sometimes without access to lawyers or family, and guarded by male officers, they are seen as easy targets.

    Amnesty International has investigated countless incidents of torture or cruel treatment of women in custody by police officers, prison guards, soldiers and other officials.

  • Women Defending Human Rights in Asia

    Human rights defenders are people who take action to contribute to the elimination of all violations of fundamental human rights.

  • Women and war

    Violence against women during conflict has reached epidemic proportions. Mass rape is frequently used systematically, as a weapon of war. During conflict women are physically and economically forced to become prostitutes, sometimes in order to secure the basic necessities for their families. Women and children are also the majority of refugees and internally displaced persons.

  • The state failing victims of violence against women

    Violence against women goes widely unreported. There are various factors which prevent women from reporting incidents of violence, such as fear of retribution, lack of economic means, emotional dependence, concern for children and no access to redress. Few countries have special training for the police, judicial and medical staff to deal with rape cases.

  • Mothers Defending Human Rights - fact sheet

    "Disappearance", a form of state kidnapping, is a human rights violation inflicted not only upon the victims, but also upon their families. Not knowing whether the "disappeared" are dead or alive causes untold suffering to their relatives.

    It has also been the source of some inspiring examples of women taking action to defend human rights.

  • HIV/AIDS

    Increasingly, violence against women is recognized as a major public health concern. Violence can affect woman's reproductive health as well as other aspects of her physical and mental well being. Sexual violence against women has led to higher infection rates of HIV/AIDS than among men of the same age group.

  • Harmful practices

    Key facts and figures relating to harmful practices against women

  • Facts and figures: general

    Key facts and figures relating to women

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