Issues

Reuters – NEW DELHI, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Beaten up, raped and repeatedly impregnated by her father for more than a decade – a young woman’s fight for justice in the face of threats, oppression […]

Human Rights Program – Harvard Law School Women’s Victimization in Transitional Justice and their Fight for Democracy and Human Rights: The Story of Taiwan By Yi-Li Lee Research Working Paper Series March 2018 Women, even […]

 In a community that considers victims of sexual violence a disgrace, women are left alone to suffer.

Natural disasters, projected in many climate models to increase in frequency and intensity, reveal the complex relationship between gender and climate. In general, natural disasters exacerbate existing inequalities and disproportionately affect women: more women are killed than men

Prior to the anniversary day of the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the first of its kind, FIDH issues a briefing note which addresses 10 challenges to an effective and independent international court.

Human Rights Watch – The ICC, the world’s only permanent international court designed to try war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, marks the 20th anniversary of its founding treaty on July 17, 2018. The court […]

In 2011, the United States made a commitment to join countries around the world in accelerating the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), the first resolution adopted by the Security Council to […]

In a recent survey of experts, countries were ranked according to how safe they are for women. India came out as the most dangerous, followed by Afghanistan and Syria.

Human Rights Watch (Paris) – Child protection authorities in Paris are using flawed age assessment procedures for unaccompanied migrant children, excluding many from care they need and are entitled to, Human Rights Watch said in […]

Human Rights Watch – In the Somali region of Ethiopia, it seems like everyone knows someone who was locked up in the dreaded Jail Ogaden, but no one wants to speak about the horrors there. The […]