Stop Violence Against Women

Macedonia: Amnesty International launches report on double discrimination against Romani women and girls - 4 December 2007

Media Advisory: Amnesty International will present its report Little by little we women have learned our rights: the Macedonian government's failure t

Japan: ‘Comfort Women’ European Speaking Tour - 31 October 2007

As part of its campaign on Stop Violence Against Women, and Justice for Survivors of Japan's Sexual Slavery System (comfort women), Amnesty International organized a s

Iran: Authorities thwart campaign for gender equality - 23 August 2007

Activists campaigning for gender equality in Iran are unable to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and association, as shown by a number of recent arrest

USA: Stop sexual violence against Indigenous women - 24 April 2007

One in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at some point in their lives. Most do not seek justice because they know they will be met with inac

Survivors of sexual violence still waiting for justice and reparations - 1 November 2007

During the conflict between 1991 and 2002, it is estimated that a third of all women and girls in Sierra Leone were subjected to sexual violence. Many of these

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Empowerment of women

Despite the associated risks and difficulties, activists around the world, men and women, campaign to confront discrimination and impunity and to protect and uphold the rights of women.

Violence against women perpetrated by a state and its agents

Despite the obligation of the states to act with due diligence to prevent violence against women - violence against women and girls in many societies is met with governmental silence or apathy or

Implementation of existing laws on rape and sexual violence

Violence against women and girls is a human rights scandal; from the bedroom to the battlefield, from the schoolyard to the work place, women and girls are at risk from rape and other forms of sexual