POEM FOR FARZANA PARVEEN, PREGNANT YOUNG WOMAN STONED TO DEATH IN PAKISTAN

- I am sorry Farzana your child could not see the Haven under your feet because it was killed in your womb with bricks when you were three months pregnant- I am sorry Farzana you were killed by the followers of a religion that shocked the world 1400 years ago with the message “do not kill your daughters”- Dear Farzana, I cannot stop thinking if you died from the pain from the bricks in your head or from...

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Nasrin Sotoudeh wrote

Nasrin Sotoudeh, the human rights lawyer who spent 3 years in prison for defending female attorney clients, women's rights and prisoners' rights in general, wrote to the Stealthy Freedoms from Tehran and shared her thoughts on the call for women to have a choice over hijab. This is what Nasrin Sotoudeh wrote:Stealth Freedoms -- This is rather an ironic term to refer to the current surge of activity that...

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Statement calling for immediate redress for violations of human rights of 234 Nigerian schoolgirls

IWRAW Asia Pacific is an international women’s human rights organisation working to achieve the full and effective realisation of the rights guaranteed to women and girls under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (“CEDAW”). Nigeria ratified CEDAW in 1985 and is required to comply with its duties and obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of women...

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Gladys Acosta

Gladys Acosta es una abogada feminista que ha trabajado por los derechos humanos de las mujeres, tanto en la comunidad de las ONG en el Perú y Colombia y para las Naciones Unidas (UNICEF y UNIFEM-ONU MUJERES) en varios países de América Latina. Ella jugó un papel destacado en la Campaña Global por los Derechos de las Mujeres en el proceso previo a la Conferencia Mundial de 1993 sobre Derechos Humanos en Viena,...

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