Web pages about "Women"
Women’s Rights Activists arrested in peaceful solidarity demonstrations in Iran - 16 June 2008
Nine women attempting to take part in a small, peaceful seminar to commemorate a day of solidarity with Iranian women were arrested in Tehran on Thursday.Russian authorities ruled responsible for Chechen women's disappearance - 3 June 2008
European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.Different voices - 2 June 2008
The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, were guests when Amnesty International presented Report 2008 to the media.Iran urged to overturn sentences against women activists - 20 May 2008
Amnesty International has urged the Head of the Judiciary in Iran to ensure that appeals hearings against the recent convictions and sentences of six women’s rights defenders are heard promptly and impartially.Brazilian women's lives shattered - 17 April 2008
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.Brazilian women's lives shattered - 17 April 2008
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.South Africa: Rural women the losers in HIV response - 18 March 2008
Rural women living with HIV in circumstances of poverty in South Africa face discrimination in relationships and in communities because of their gender, HIV status and economic marginalization.