Amnesty Feminist Network Blog

Blog by Astrea Kumaradas There’s been quite a lot of focus on climate change in the last few years - discussions on what we can do to prevent global warming, misinformation (unfortunately), and pledges to move towards a more carbon...

Blog by Livia Amato On August 15 th , 2021, the Taliban regained control of Kabul following the US withdrawal. Almost instantly, Afghan women’s rights were severely curtailed. As the third anniversary of this takeover approaches, it is...

Why this year I’ll be at the Dyke March and not ‘Pride in London’.

Blog by Helen Moulinos, Amnesty UK member & Amnesty Vice-Chair Board of Trustees Twitter: @HelenMoulinos We are all equal, right? Or are we? Five decades of well-meaning (but inefficient) gender equality legislation, and we remain...

As women in Saudi Arabia take the wheel for the first time, there is still a long road ahead for justice and equality in the Kingdom

Can you imagine yourself as a child, forced to marry a man more than twice your age? What about being forced to have your genitals cut? For young girls in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone, this isn’t imaginary – it is their reality. But...

In July 1918 the Equal Franchise Act was passed by Parliament, giving voting rights to all women over the age of 21. As a result, more than 15 million women became eligible to vote and women achieved equal voting rights to men. The...

It was photographs like this, of Darya Poliudova holding political banners, that were part of the reason the Russian authorities found her guilty of ‘calls to commit extremist activities’ and ‘calls to commit actions threatening the...

Whilst we might like to think getting a driving license or commuting to work is hard, it could be much harder. Two people more acutely aware of this than most are Loujain al-Hathloul and Maysaa al-Amoudi. When trying to cross the...

URGENT ACTION Iranian woman at risk of execution Thedeath sentence of Iranian woman Reyhaneh Jabbari has been sent to the Office of Implementation of Sentences in Tehran, Iran. Once death sentences have gone to this body, they may be...

The coming year is the deadline for the foreign forces to leave Afghanistan. During the past 10 years of occupation Afghan women activists have campaigned for their rights through various channels and achieved to attract international...

The link below directs you to her report from Cairo's Tahrir Square, where millions of men and women gathered to oust president Morsi from power as he was taking the country towards Islamisation. Apart from the political message of...

Take Action! On 15 June 2013, Saudi women’s rights activists, Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni, were convicted of the Islamic Sharia law offence of Takhbib , or incitement of a wife to defy the authority of her husband. They...

To celebrate National Refugee Week 2013 Refugee Action Kingston and the British Afghan Women’s Society are pleased to invite you to an exclusive film screening of ‘DAWN: Documenting Afghan Women’s Narratives’ at the Rose Theatre...

BEATRIZ IN NEED AS AUTHORITIES JUST STAND BY EL SALVADOR Beatriz (f) Beatriz is still waiting for the Salvadoran authorities to provide her with the medical treatment she urgently needs to safeguard her life and health. The authorities...

Women and the City : how urban planning policy impacts on women Urban planning policy is fairly gender neutral, right? - wrong! As this Feminar will demonstrate, how our cities are planned can impact on how women use their cities...

A reconstruction of upheaval in the perfectly normal lives of two women. Bye bye world Gehring & Ketelaars | Frijling Battersea Arts Centre 24 & 25 May | 8pm A woman takes a bite of birthday cake left over from her party. She looks...

Help celebrate the publication of the Methuen Drama book of suffragette Plays. Participants needed on 20th and 27th April for a 'living literature walk' following the suffragettes through theatre land. The event is organised by Scary...

5 th Update UA 232/12 3 April 2013 URGENT ACTION MDE 11/008/13 PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE DENIED VISITS BY FAMILY BAHRAIN Zainab Al-Khawaja (f) Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja has been denied family visits since mid-March for refusing...

UA 77/13 2 April 2013 URGENT ACTION AMR 23/015/2013 LAND ACTIVISTS RECEIVE DEATH THREATS COLOMBIA Mariluz Vásquez Fernández (f), Ingrid Vergara (f), Iván Cepeda (m), Marivel Vásquez Fernández (f), Gustavo Enrique Arrieta Pérez (m)...