Issues and Analysis
Shocking abortion ban denies life-saving treatment to girls and women in Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s total ban on abortions is endangering the lives of girls and women, denying them life-saving treatment, preventing health professionals from practicing effective medicine and contributing to an increase in maternal deaths across the country, concludes Amnesty International in a new report issues on Monday.
Read more...Sudan: End repressive laws targeting women in Sudan
Statement by Sudanese women activists
Read more...Morocco: Seema Mathur on Women's Rights in the Moudawana (video link)
Seema Mathur explains how a Moroccan family code known as the Moudawana, has dramatically improved the lives of many women.
Read more...Women's Rights in the Arab World: Equality, Not Just before the Law
In recent years, women's rights activists in Arab countries have been working hard to improve the lot of women, not only by calling for new laws to be passed, but also by ensuring that they are enforced too.
Read more...Fundraising for indigenous women's rights work
In May this year, indigenous women from all over Guatemala met in Antigua to participate in a one day workshop entitled "Resource Mobilization for Indigenous Women's Rights" co-organized by AWID and the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI) with the support of UNIFEM and IBIS Denmark.
Monica Aleman, the Executive Director of FIMI spoke with AWID about the meeting.
AWID's experiences at this year’s World Social Forum
AWID was represented at this year’s World Social Forum by two staff members: Cecilia Alemany (Manager of AWID’s Influencing Development Actors and Practices Strategic Initiative) and Sanushka Mudaliar (Manager of AWID’s Young Feminist Activism Programme). In this interview they give a snapshot of their participation and experiences.
Read more...“Millions of eyes around the world watching us is a safety net”: Women’s rights activism in post-election Iran
Iranian women’s rights activist Leila Nazari discusses what is happening to human rights activists in this period following the recent presidential elections and how internal expressions of dissent and external expressions of solidarity are catalyzing courage and dismantling lies.
Read more...What have we done to Bodies? Wendy Harcourt’s Reflections on Body Politics
AWID shares highlights from Wendy Harcourt’s new book Body Politics in Development and speaks with the author about the implications of her arguments for women’s rights activists, advocates, academics and development practitioners.
Read more...Iraq: OWFI Campaign to Stop the Execution of Female Prisoners
The Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) has launched an on-line petition calling on the Iraqi Government to end capital punishment.
Read more...Embryo Rights Laws Go Viral in Mexico
In a backlash to Mexico City's move to decriminalize abortion two years ago, states across Mexico have been rewriting their constitutions to grant embryos legal rights. So far 13 states out of 32 have approved the changes and six are debating it.
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