A mere two days after millions of people marched around the word with and in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, President Donald J. Trump announced the “Global Gag Rule,” a ma...
Sex work is criminalized throughout the United States, typically as misdemeanor offenses. Similar to the way the Unites States treats and criminalizes drug use, the policing of sex work exacerbat...
This Tuesday, the legislature in Ohio passed a ban on abortion as soon as the fetus’ heartbeat can be detected.
The 16 Days campaign is exactly that —16 days of global activism, starting with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25th and leading up to Human Righ...
housands of pregnant girls are being excluded from school because of a rule issued by Sierra Leone’s government. In April of 2015, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology issued a sta...
Already in the U.S. there have been reports of a spike in hate-driven actions and threats. This is not a coincidence - it is further proof that Trump’s irresponsible proposals must never become...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/six-trump-proposals-that-must-never-become-policy/
Today on the 16th Anniversary of Resolution 1325, there is still much progress to be made on women’s inclusion in peace and security efforts.
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/united-nations/5-reasons-women-need-more-seats-at-the-peace-table/
By Nicole Van Huyssteen, Women’s Human Rights Co-group Sixteen years ago, 189 world leaders gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to adopt the Millennium Declaration, which s...
In early August 2014, extremist fighters, who were attempting to create a new Islamic caliphate, the so-called Islamic State (IS), attacked towns and villages in the Mt. Sinjar region of northern...
Three years on, our work on sexual and reproductive rights remains as important as ever. Here’s why we’re still fighting.