Stop Violence Against Women
Venezuela: Political will and resources needed to make law reality - 16 July 2008
(Caracas) In a new report published today, Amnesty International urged the Venezuelan authorities to show the political will and provide the resources needed to ensure'Comfort Women': waiting for justice after 62 years - 5 July 2008
Thousands of women known as ‘comfort women’, were forced into sexual servitude by the Government of Japan for sexual servitude for the armed forces in theWomen’s Rights Activists arrested in peaceful solidarity demonstrations in Iran - 16 June 2008
Nine women attempting to take part in a small, peaceful seminar to commemorate a day of solidarity with Iranian women were arrested in Tehran on Thursday.Video: Brazilian women's lives shattered - 17 April 2008
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.Brazilian women's lives shattered - 17 April 2008
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.Brazil: Women's lives shattered by public security crisis in shanty-towns - 17 April 2008
In a new report published today, Amnesty International revealed the untold stories of women who are forced to live, bring up their children and fight for justice in BrSouth Africa: Rural women the losers in HIV response - 18 March 2008
Rural women living with HIV in circumstances of poverty in South Africa face discrimination in relationships and in communities because of their gender, HIV statu