Announcements

May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia/Biphobia and Transphobia. The primary aim of IDAHO is to provoke action. Actions can take place in a number of different forms: a debate in the classroom, an exhibition in a cafe, a demonstration in the street, a radio program, a screening in a neighbourhood home, a round table organized by a political party, a short story competition sponsored by a newspaper, an awareness campaign led by an association.

121 cross-generation activists, advocates and representatives of NGOs from diverse social movements from 27 countries in Asia and the Pacific, have gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to revitalise the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) agenda for sustainable development in the region, drawing from the commitments made in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD PoA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As we face a world in multiple crises, the activists call for the inclusion and prioritisation of women and young people’s SRHR in new development frameworks that take stock of current consensus documents and move beyond them to fully achieve our human rights.

"The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the continued violation of the basic principles of medical neutrality by security forces, and the denial of medical treatment for those injured and wounded, during the dispersal of the Abbasiya sit-in by force on Friday, May 4, 2012.

“The killings and threats repeatedly suffered by rights defenders and journalists in Mexico must stop immediately,” urged a group of four experts from the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, calling on the Government to move ahead with the swift promulgation and effective implementation of the ‘Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists’. 

Following the recent AWID 2012 Forum 19 – 22 April 2012, which brought together over 2200 women form 140 countries under the theme  - Transforming Economic Power to Advance Women’s Rights and Justice, AWID is excited to announce content that was generated at and following the Forum is available on its website. 

“Sex work may be illegal in Uganda, but providing services for sex workers is clearly not,” reads a statement from 9 May 2012 by WONETHA, a health and human rights organisation, in response to a serious crack-down on its activities by Ugandan municipal police.

International Coalition calls for the National Mechanism for the protection of HRD and Journalists in Mexico to be brought into force immediately, in light of the recent death of journalist, Ms Regina Martínez Pérez.

WONETHA  Drop-in  Centre   raided , outreach  workers  and  other  3  members  arrested  and  detained   at   Gulu Police  station.

"Egypt’s People’s Assembly Council is currently discussing legislation that would reduce the minimum age of marriage for girls from 18 to possibly as low as 9 years old and could vote on the final draft bill at any moment. If adopted, girls could be married off by their families without their consent putting them at risk of physical and psychological harm, as well as cutting short other life opportunities, such as pursuing their education.

"The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights ECWR expresses its worries regarding the random arrest that took place because of Al Abbasiya events which reached everyone who was in the square for political or professional reasons. 18 young women were arrested in the square, of them; doctors in the field hospital, reporters who were covering the events and a child who is less than 14 years old.