25 years After the Beijing Conference: Still Not Doing Enough to Protect Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa
9 March 2020
Statement in relation to the International Women’s Day 2020. In
Statement in relation to the International Women’s Day 2020. In
February was a hectic month for DefendDefenders with many progressive endeavours. As we continued to monitor the situation for human rights defenders (HRDs) in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region, we particularly followed the progressive, yet fragile, developments in South Sudan.
Photo credit: 2011 Reuters At a side event on the
This week, we commemorate the International Women’s Day 2020 and
Today, DefendDefenders hosts a gathering of human rights defenders (HRDs),
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2020. Across the world, women human rights
Aluel Atem is an ambitious woman activist from South Sudan who plays a vital role in the promotion of women’s rights in the country. However, life as an outspoken feminist in a patriarchal country is not a walk in the park. “It’s not only about being a female, but a young female. You get undermined for being a woman in all-man spaces, and for being young in older spaces,” Aluel explains.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite a tenuous ceasefire, the signing of a
Oral statements delivered by DefendDefenders at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC43).
DefendDefenders joins civil society organisations in calling on the UN Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders.
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