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May 4 2016 5:47pm
Atena Farghadani released early after being imprisoned for her art in Iran
She was imprisoned for drawing political cartoons. But this week, afte...
Apr 27 2016 1:21pm
Criminalisation of women in Northern Ireland becoming a 'grim trend' - second abortion pills court case
‘How many more women are we to see hauled into the dock before these a...
Apr 26 2016 12:18pm
Married at 13 - thousands of girls in Burkina Faso denied a childhood against their will
'I never got to finish attending even the first year of primary sch...
Apr 25 2016 3:41pm
Burkina Faso: child marriage puts thousands of girls at grave risk
“My dad married me off to a 70-year-old man who already has five wi...
Apr 4 2016 4:44pm
Northern Ireland: A woman seeking an abortion is not a criminal warns Amnesty
Responding to reports today that a 21-year-old woman has been given...
Mar 31 2016 2:02pm
Burkina Faso, where women and girls are second-class citizens
Héléne didn’t know contraception existed until she already had three c...
Mar 10 2016 9:17pm
Marking International Women's Day in Minehead
This year we held our action stall for International Women's Day actua...
Mar 8 2016 1:04pm
Seven reasons we still need to fight for women’s human rights
This post by Corallina Lopez-Curzi originally appeared on RightsInfo a...
Feb 26 2016 11:59am
Join the Amnesty UK Feminist Network
About Amnesty Feminists  Women are discriminated against and subjec...