“I am working for the victims of Africa, they are African like me. That’s where I get my inspiration and my pride.”
Meet Fatou Bensouda.
Fatou is the first woman and the first African to take up the role of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). You may not yet have ...read more
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16 Days of Activism 2012
Day 15: Spotlighting Prisoner XX, Iran
Meet Prisoner XX.
Prisoner XX represents the nine women who recently held a hunger strike in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. They stopped eating to protest having been beaten by guards, and subjected to humiliating and degrading body searches.
These nine women included Bahareh Hedayat, a ...read more
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Day 14: Spotlighting Felicitas Martínez Solano, Mexico
“I always say that the women, we are the ones in front in the protests; the men come behind. I know women have played a central role in all the organizations and in all the social movements, but somehow the women are not present in the written history. [Men] do not want to write our story, but we’ll ...read more
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Day 13: Spotlighting Eulogia Flores Vázquez, Mexico
“In Tun Savi, my indigenous mother-tongue, we do not know the word “justice”, I do not know how to translate it so I use the Spanish term; however the day that we enjoy justice in our communities, I‘ll be able to tell you how does it feel in Tun Savi.”
Meet Eulogia Flores Vázquez.
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Day 12: Spotlighting Berta Cáceres Flores, Honduras
“Women have been resisting, defending our lives, our bodies, our territories, our culture, our spirituality, our autonomy because we desire not only territorial autonomy and autonomy for this country, we want autonomy for our bodies, for individuals, for the sovereignty of the body of people. ...read more
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Day 11: Spotlighting Walaa Salah Mohamed Abdelrhman, Sudan
Meet Walaa Salah.
Walaa is a 25-year-old democracy and women’s rights activist from Khartoum, Sudan.
Walaa’s introduction to politics came at a young age. At four years old, she recalls her father’s imprisonment for political reasons in a country torn by conflict, dictatorship and ...read more
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Day 10: Spotlighting Leila Alikarami, Iran
Meet Leila Alikarami.
Leila is a practicing lawyer and human rights activist based who grew up in Tehran, Iran. Since 2001, Leila has focused on women and children’s rights. Along with many other brave women in Iran, Leila has worked on the One Million Signatures campaign to collect one million ...read more
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Day 9: Spotlighting Rubina Feroze Bhatti, Pakistan
“How can we eliminate all kinds of discrimination and make this world more beautiful?”
Meet Rubina Feroze Bhatti.
Rubina demonstrates a deep passion for and dedication to women’s empowerment in Pakistan.
Rubina was raised in an environment of acceptance at a time when living in Pakistan ...read more
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