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2015 International Conference: Defending the Defenders

Global conference in The Hague focuses on protection of women activists

(The Hague)—April 24, 2015.   A gathering of 120 women—including Nobel peace laureates and frontline activists from the Middle East, Africa and Central America—will be in the Hague this week to discuss how the international community can protect women human rights defenders across the  ...read more

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openDemocracy Feature – Yifat Susskind: Shelters without walls

Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Yifat Susskind writes Shelters without walls: women building protective infrastructures against rape for our Defending the Defenders conference. “Once a woman is raped, she loses her name.” When Rose Cunningham, an Indigenous women’s human  ...read more

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openDemocracy Feature – Daysi Flores: Hope as a survival strategy for Defensoras in Honduras

Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Daysi Flores writes Hope as a survival strategy for Defensoras in Honduras for our Defending the Defenders conference. In Honduras, leaving your house without knowing if you will return is a daily reality.  Even ordinary daily routines -  ...read more

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Meet Binalakshmi Nepram, India

“Together, women of the third world, the first world, the middle world, this one globe, have to be united and work together to bring the shift and bring the end to sexual violence against women.” Meet BINALAKSHMI NEPRAM. Bina is a disarmament activist-writer from the Manipur state in Northeast  ...read more

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PRIMER: Risks to women human rights defenders around the world

Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) face incredible threats and violence as a result of their work to promote human rights, gender equality, environmental justice and democracy. They are often targets for violence and intimidation by state and non-state actors who view their work as a threat to  ...read more

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Meet Yifat Susskind, USA

Meet Yifat Susskind, Executive Director of MADRE and long-time activist who works to make human rights a reality for all people. Before joining the staff of MADRE, she was part of a joint Israeli-Palestinian human rights organization in Jerusalem, using journalism, advocacy and political organizing  ...read more

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Defending the Defenders! International Conference: Join Us Virtually

We are very excited to invite you to join us online for our 5th biennial conference, Defending the Defenders! Building Global Support for Women Human Rights Defenders. Over 120 women – including Nobel peace laureates and frontline activists from the Middle East, Africa and Central America—will  ...read more

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Speakers Bureau

Download the PDF - Speakers Bureau: Defending the Defenders  ...read more

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Meet Yanar Mohammed, Iraq

Yanar is the co-founder and President of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI). Since it's inception in 2003, the organization has campaigned for women's political, civic and human rights in Iraq. One of it's operations is running secret women's shelters in Baghdad. These safehouses  ...read more

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openDemocracy Feature — Heather McRobie: Patriarchy and militarism in Egypt

Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Heather McRobie writes about Patriarchy and militarism in Egypt: from the street to the government for our Women Beyond War conference. Speaking at the Nobel Women’s Initiative in Belfast, renowned journalist and activist Hania Moheeb spoke  ...read more

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