International Women’s Day 2020: Meet Five Outstanding Women Human Rights Defenders from Across Africa.
2 March 2020
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2020. Across the world, women human rights
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.
DefendDefenders call for applications from Ugandan human rights organisations to the Ttaala
DefendDefenders is hosting a three-day training in Kampala to train
Dear friends and colleagues, 2020 is an auspicious year for
In a letter made public today, DefendDefenders and a group
The Somali activist Faiza Abdi Mohamed has promoted human rights in her home country for a decade, which has made her a target of verbal abuse, threats, and arbitrary arrest, forcing her to flee Somalia and seek exile in Uganda. Yet, she remains extremely vocal about human rights violations in her country. “I’ve lost so many of my friends due to cruelties, so I can’t keep quiet,” she says.