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Feb 17 2016 8:29am
Oxford Amnesty Stall at the Oxford International Women's Festival
Our local group will host a stall at the Women's Heath, Wellbeing & Hu...
Feb 8 2016 11:27am
Northern Ireland: Contact your MLA to urge a vote for abortion law reform
A number of amendments have been proposed to the law in Northern Irela...
Feb 4 2016 6:32pm
Between a rock and a hard place: refugee women from Syria seeking a safe place
By Liz McKean, Amnesty International UK's Programme Director for Women...
Jan 18 2016 5:50pm
Danger at every turn: women refugees seeking safety in Europe
It seems as though sexual violence against women and girls is constant...
Dec 3 2015 12:10pm
Tunisia's victim-blaming laws are punishing survivors of sexual abuse
A woman who is raped in Tunisia will be held responsible for her assau...
Nov 25 2015 2:39pm
Girls in Sierra Leone need us
By Hassatou Sambou, Country Coordinator for Senegal, Sierra Leone and ...
Oct 29 2015 5:38pm
Sudan: Court overturns conviction of teenager sentenced for 'indecent' dress
On 16 August 2015, Ferdous Al Toum was found guilty of ‘indecent or im...
Sep 18 2015 3:40pm
Campaign success: Protection given to Indian sisters due to be raped as punishment for their brother’s ‘crime’
In July 2015, an unelected all-male village council in Baghpat, northe...
Aug 14 2015 11:43am
Women's rights at risk in Iran: learning about the reality at the Houses of Parliament
In May, human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was arrested in Iran. T...
Aug 11 2015 4:13pm
Central African Republic: UN troops implicated in rape of 12-year-old girl and unlawful killings must be investigated
The rape of a 12-year-old girl and the apparent indiscriminate kill...