Apenas hace dos meses la fundadora de la organización civil Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, Norma Andrade, fue herida de bala en Ciudad Juárez y milagrosamente salvó su vida; esta mañana, ante la falta de protección de las autoridades, la activista fue atacada nuevamente por un desconocido ahora en la capital del país.

Times are getting harder for women seeking abortions, advocates say, even though this month marked the 39th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

Following the news that Burma’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, had decided to take part in forthcoming by-elections on 1 April (see WVoN story), she has now hit the campaign trail.

Times are getting harder for women seeking abortions, advocates say, even though this month marked the 39th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

Last week, tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo on the one-year anniversary of the 2011 revolt. With Islamists winning nearly half of the seats in Parliament recently, some Iranian women caution their Egyptian counterparts to learn from their revolution, after which they say they lost rights with the formation of an extreme Islamic state.

Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home. What was left of Rubi’s body was found months later in a dump — 39 pieces of charred bone.

The Committee for Missing and Detained Persons in Honduras (Cofadeh), has expressed it’s concern for the security and wellbeing of Gilda Carolina Silvestrucchi, Journalist and Director for the past 10 and a half years of the Radio Program ‘En la Plaza’, who has been the victim of grave threats on her life, and on the lives of her small children.

The international solidarity network Women Living Under Muslim Laws is shocked to learn that the Iranian security forces have carried out a new wave of arrests against journalists and women’s rights activists. This is a worrying development, as it shows the pressure on political activities and prisoners are mounting in Iran.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Turkey.