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One in three women report physical or sexual abuse since age of 15, with largest number of victims in Denmark Source: The Guardian Violence against women is “an extensive human rights abuse” across Europe with one in […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 76 year VI

Source: Open Democracy People worldwide are calling for action to bring back the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria. But concern for the girls demands that we think carefully about the harmful consequences of proposed solutions – […]

Despite all the setbacks suffered by many women’s rights groups in the transitioning Arab states, regional co-operation has improved considerably over the past few years. Juliane Metzker takes stock

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 75 year VI

Source: Equality Now In August 2013, while house hunting in Omdurman, Sudan, a 19-year-old pregnant and divorced Ethiopian woman was lured to an empty property and brutally gang-raped by a group of seven men, aged […]

Source: FIDH The Soccer World Cup taking place in Brazil and especially its preparation have been the scene of many human rights violations and respressed social protest. Rafael Dias from Justicia Global outlines the various […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 74 year VI

© Source: UNHCR Global forced displacement 1993-2013 (end-year) GENEVA, June 20 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency reported today on World Refugee Day that the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people worldwide has, for the […]

Source: International Center for Transitional Justice GENEVA (PRWEB) June 18, 2014 Contextualized Approaches to Peace Processes Truth commissions can make important contributions to peace processes if all parties can agree on common objectives and there is […]