women's rights

Bolton Amnesty Group

Pete from ossy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:59:17 +0000

Bolton Amnesty Group

Pete from ossy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:07:59 +0000

Supporting women abducted from the Syria security forces

adelalfetory — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:37:11 +0000

Human Rights and Social work

Nicwood — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:25:22 +0000

Bookmarking gadget | Articles | Protect The Human

fuzren — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:07:05 +0000

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Source: Bookmarking gadget | Articles | Protect The Human

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fuzren — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:57:09 +0000

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fuzren — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:55:13 +0000

The death row widows of Kabul

LilyM — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:10:34 +0100

For years, Gul Guncha had put up with her violent and abusive husband. He raped his seven-year-old daughter, then married her off to an old man, who also raped her. He sold their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter for 200,000 afghanis (£2,600) and was attempting to find a buyer for their other baby girl. He started beating Gul Guncha and the children when she asked the community for help. But their help was no use – and, one day, she snapped. As he beat them yet again, she grabbed a metal pole used to extract hot bread from the kiln, and clubbed him to death.

Source: The death row widows of Kabul

Stop stoning in Iran

vero — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:25:06 +0100

Stop stoning in Iran

vero — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:05:25 +0100

Stop stoning in Iran

vero — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:01:35 +0100

Stop stoning in Iran

vero — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:29:52 +0100

Stop stoning in Iran

vero — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:27:08 +0100

Stop stoning in Iran

vero — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:22:16 +0100

Events

Kevin Clash — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:21:36 +0100

Women in Middle East and North Africa

vero — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:45:53 +0100

LESBIAN PLAYERS BANNED FROM NIGERIAN FOOTBALL? DEMAND THAT FIFA TAKE A STAND AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA

Serge Frenchbuddy — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:59:42 +0100

Kicked off the team because of who you love? In Nigeria, the national women's football team has been conducting a witch hunt to "deal with lesbianism." Sign the petition, now!

Source: LESBIAN PLAYERS BANNED FROM NIGERIAN FOOTBALL? DEMAND THAT FIFA TAKE A STAND AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA

funhouse

SamSam — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:42:59 +0100

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Source: funhouse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13805464

SamSam — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:32:24 +0100

Great stuff

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13805464

Mariposas de Esperanza

leoate — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:20:52 +0100

Defend rights of women and girls

MaryAlex — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:56:08 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:46:18 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:36:44 +0100

Women's human rights in Egypt

Emerson — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:06:33 +0100

The Egyptian authorities must amend existing legislation to better protect women in Egypt, and ensure they play an active role in reforms.

Women played a key role during the 18 days of protest that led to former president Hosni Mubarak's downfall.

Young and old, veiled and unveiled, educated and illiterate, they stood up and chanted for change. Many abandoned the way they had previously led their lives, and overturned deeply ingrained attitudes surrounding 'appropriate' behaviour for women.

However, when discussions on change and reform in Egypt began, they were overlooked.

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Find out more on the main Amnesty UK site

Amnesty Blogs: Press release me, let me go : Not like your daughter or mine: forced 'virginity tests' in Egypt

Emerson — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:08:45 +0100

You might have missed the remarks made by an Egyptian general to CNN this week. He was talking about the army's treatment of a group of women who had formed part of a protest in Tahrir Square on 9 March.

The general, who apparently wanted to remain anonymous, is quoted as saying:

"The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine. These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protestors in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and drugs. We didn't want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren't virgins in the first place. None of them were."

Source: Amnesty Blogs: Press release me, let me go : Not like your daughter or mine: forced 'virginity tests' in Egypt

Locked up for reading a poem - Middle East, World - The Independent

Emerson — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:40:44 +0100

Ayat al-Gormezi, 20, a poet and student arrested two months ago after reading out a poem at a pro-democracy rally, is due to go on trial today before a military tribunal, her mother said. Ayat was forced to turn herself in when masked policemen threatened to kill her brothers unless she did so.

Source: Locked up for reading a poem - Middle East, World - The Independent

Real Love - Video 4 - Victim

Paul Snowdon — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:12:54 +0100

Real Love - Video 3 - Neighbour

Paul Snowdon — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:10:19 +0100

Real Love - Video 2 - Employer

Paul Snowdon — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:06:58 +0100

Real Love - Video 1 - Dad

Paul Snowdon — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:58:38 +0100