Issues

UN Report, women continue to pay the highest price as a result of gender inequality, discrimination and negative stereotypes.

Film review: A female indoor soccer player takes her case to court when her husband won’t let her leave the country to play in the biggest match of her life.

Feminism Saudi-style? ‘Next to every great woman, a man believing in her’

A conventional portrait of a highly unconventional woman, Erika Cohn’s documentary “The Judge” has a worthy subject in Kholoud al-Faqih, the first woman to be appointed, in 2009, to the Middle East’s religious courts.

Representations in Afghanistan: Unprecedented Challenges & Lessons Learned, K. Wigard, G. Jahangiri, Z. Moballegh & Challenges for Legal representation of Victims of U.S. Torture on Territory of Afghanistan & other ICC States Parties, K. Gallagher

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against both women and men remain invisible and go unpunished. FIDH calls on the ICC and national jurisdictions to step up the fight against impunity for sexual violence.

17th session of the ASP to ICC Speech delivered on 6 Dec. 18 in The Hague by Guissou Jahangiri, FIDH Vice President & Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA Exec. Director: Provide the Court with the resources it needs, in Burundi and Georgia, Afghanistan & Palestine.

Self-representation of women in court is a key technique because we found out that the numbers of women who want to get justice in court are many more than the number of advocates we have

Human Wrongs Watch Continued denial of the facts and evidence of gross human rights violations by Myanmar is a clear indication of the country’s “lack of interest” in establishing a fully functioning democracy based on […]

The international gathering where countries report on their country’s progress on women’s rights and gender equality will focus on prevention of violence against women and girls.