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France: enshrining abortion in constitution is of 'huge significance'04 Mar 2024 Press release
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Saudi Arabia: 29-year-old fitness instructor facing trial for championing women's rights21 Feb 2024 Press release
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Iran: security forces used rape to help crush women's rights protests - new report06 Dec 2023 Press release
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Global: People defending abortion rights are being 'stigmatised, abused, discriminated against, even killed' - major new reportEstimated 35 million unsafe abortions every year
24 Nov 2023 Press release -
USA: 'Victory' for abortion rights in Ohio must lead to meaningful accessNo-one should ever be forced to carry a pregnancy against their will.
08 Nov 2023 Press release -
France: Basketball rules excluding Muslim women players from competitions are 'discriminatory'
Excluding Muslim women basketball players who wear religious headgear from competitive matches is discriminatory
12 Oct 2023 Press release -
Iran: Nobel Prize for Narges Mohammadi 'sends clear message' on human rights to authorities06 Oct 2023 Press release
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Iran: year of 'unspeakable cruelty' from authorities after Mahsa Amini's death12 Sep 2023 Press release
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32,300 people called on the UK government to support women in AfghanistanMany thanks to the tens of thousands of you who took action calling on the UK to safeguard the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
11 Sep 2023 -
Switzerland: 'History victory' as law amended to recognise that sex without consent is rape
Today’s vote is an important step to combatting widespread sexual violence in Switzerland
01 Jun 2023 Press release -
Afghanistan: Taliban's treatment of women and girls is crime against humanity - Major New ReportAfghanistan Report: Taliban's treatment of women and girls is crime against humanity
25 May 2023 Press release -
Uzbekistan: Government finally passes law criminalising domestic violenceDomestic violence a grave concern in the country with thousands of cases reported
06 Apr 2023 Press release -
Saudi Arabia: much-touted personal status law discriminates against women - new briefing08 Mar 2023 Press release
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Hong Kong: Women’s Day march first authorised protest since 2020 comes amid worsening crackdown03 Mar 2023 Press release -
Davos: Nazanin Boniadi to speak about women's rights in Iran17 Jan 2023 Press release
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Afghanistan: UN Security Council must take concrete steps to end the 'systemic decimation' of women and girls' rights in the countryTaliban’s ban on women and girls from accessing work, education, sports and public spaces is a ‘humanitarian disaster’
13 Jan 2023 Press release -
Palestine: grave fears for sisters returned to abusive father by security services11 Jan 2023 Press release
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Poland: Prosecuting activist accused of aiding abortion 'sets a dangerous precedent'Justyna Wydrzyńska faces up to three years in prison for supporting a pregnant woman who needed a safe abortion
10 Jan 2023 Press release -
Iran: authorities 'passing the buck' on compulsory veiling laws06 Dec 2022 Press release -
Iran: more than 760,000 people support UN investigation - new petition03 Nov 2022 Press release
