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To mark International Human Rights Day, on 10 December 2015, AWID organized an online webinar on corporate power and gender justice.

This infographic highlights the disproportionate number of women human rights defenders in AWID's 2015 Tribute who were murdered. They came from all walks of life and included LGBTQI activists, trans* people, indigenous women, land rights activists, sex worker activists, women’s rights activists, journalists, lawyers, political activists, economists, artists, and writers. 

Watch the new animation video from AWID "Changing Systems, Changing Lives"

Feminist and women’s rights organizations face many challenges conducting the necessary and often urgent work fighting for women’s rights in their communities, while simultaneously searching for funding to sustain themselves. Responding to a key demand of our constituencies, AWID offers a searchable donor list, making it easier for feminist and women’s rights organizations to connect with the right funders.

The following presentation was made by AWID at a side event on Financing Gender Equality, Human Rights and Economic Justice, at the Third Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In June 2015, four expert panelists talked about gender bias in taxation and the incidence of VAT on poor women. Over 100 women’s rights and feminist activists participated in  the discussion.