Let's stop Uganda's anti-gay bill
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kurdish women’s rights activist released in Iran
Hana Abdi, Kurdish student and active member of Iran’s Campaign for Equality, has been released from prison after 16 months in detention.
An abuse of human rights
Violence against women pervades every society in the world. Find out why violence against women is a human rights abuse, see examples and find out what must be done to combat it.
Mythbusting violence against women
Assumptions that people make about violence against women are often inaccurate and baseless. Breaking down these commonly held myths is critical to raising awareness of the seriousness of the crime and upholding the responsibility of attackers.
Time to celebrate, but more work needs to be done
We reflect on the courageous efforts of women to claim their human rights, and the violence still faced by women around the world.
I hope that Australia is bringing diplomatic pressure to bear in the fight against this prehistoric legislation.
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8 February 2012, 11:02PM