Women | Amnesty International

Protect the people of DRC - 18 November 2008

The United Nations Security Council's resolution authorizing the reinforcement of the UN peacekeeping force in the DRC is a welcome step. Now it's time to turn words i

Taiwan and South Korea call for 'comfort women' apology - 18 November 2008

The Government of Japan must accept historical responsibility and apologise to the victims of Japan’s military sexual slavery system.

There’s no pride in silence: domestic and sexual violence against women in Armenia - 13 November 2008

National surveys suggest that more than a quarter of women in Armenia have faced physical violence at the hands of husbands or other family members.

Japan urged to restore dignity to WWII "comfort women" - 3 November 2008

The UN Human Rights Committee has called on the Government of the Japan to restore dignity to the survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery system.

Isolated and abused: women migrant domestic workers in Jordan - 30 October 2008

WOZA women denied bail, as peaceful protestors released in Harare - 28 October 2008

The leaders of the activist organisation Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, were denied bail on Monday following their arrest on

Jordan: Drastic improvement needed for domestic workers - 30 October 2008

Tens of thousands of domestic workers in Jordan live in appalling conditions with many forced to work up to 19 hours per day and denied their salary. Amnesty Internati

Demand proper protection of womens’ rights in Mexico - 20 October 2008

One in four women in Mexico has suffered physical, and sometimes sexual, violence at the hands of their partner.

Armed groups and government forces continue to abuse women and children in North Kivu - 29 September 2008

Child soldiers are still being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also continuing physical and sexual abuse of women a

DRC: Resurgence in rape and recruitment of child soldiers - 29 September 2008

For every two children released, five are taken and forced to be child soldiers, said Amnesty International, in a new report released today on the ongoing conflict in