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The Difference Between Justice and Impunity is Action
Amnesty International and other activists rally outside the Mexican Consulate in Chicago on March 6, 2006. I just got back from an amazing week in Chicago, and I was trying to decide whether I should...
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One in Three
Native American and Alaska Native women face a 1 in 3 chance of being raped in their lifetime. The numbers are shocking. In our report, Maze of Injustice, Amnesty uncovered the staggering statistic...
View ArticleCongolese Women Fight Sexual Violence
In a powerful new video Oxfam America shows the fight of Congolese women against sexual violence (thanks to change.org for bringing this to the attention of a wider audience). It features the...
View ArticleZimbabwe Justice: No Dancing Babies
The legal system in Zimbabwe isn’t comprised of lawyers in skimpy clothing sharing a unisex bathroom while litigating bizarre and yet fascinating cases. Instead, there is a politicized judiciary,...
View ArticleGet UN-ited Behind a New UN Women's Agency!
The stats are in: according to Amnesty International’s recent report, The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty, women comprise 70 percent of the world’s poor and 75 percent of the world’s...
View ArticleWomen: The Smartest Investment
In an empowering speech on Friday, January 8, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated her commitment to women’s rights as human rights. Exactly 15 years since the UN’s International Conference on...
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President Obama signs Tribal Law and Order Act
I am thrilled to share with you a deeply moving moment in a long-awaited, hard-fought, and historic victory for Native American and Alaska Native peoples in the United States. Last Thursday afternoon,...
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For Women’s Rights Defenders: Every Day is International Women’s Day
Each year on International Women’s Day, the world celebrates the acts of courage and determination of women worldwide. It’s a global celebration of the accomplishments, legacy, and rights of women....
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International Violence Against Women Act Reintroduced and Time is Ticking!
Violence devastates the lives of millions of women and girls worldwide every year (Photo Credit: Mahmud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images) There’s little doubt that you’ve repeatedly heard about the incessant...
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Arrested and Beaten for Wearing Trousers: Stop the Public Flogging of Women...
Three Sudanese women, one of them wearing trousers, walk on a main street in central Khartoum on September 8, 2009. The thousands of women who wear trousers every day all run the risk of a flogging if...
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