A Voice For the Voiceless

MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice

Women's Rights

This section contains all AP bulletins written about Women's Rights.

• Women on the March as Global Action Week Targets Gun Violence, June 6, 2008
• Nepal Women and Dalit Ride into Parliament on Maoist Coattails, April 24, 2008
• Women, Dalit Seek Change From Historic Elections in Nepal, April 9, 2008
  
• Serbian Government Bans Peace March Commemorating International Women's Day Amidst Kosovo Backlash, March 10, 2008
• Malaysian Eco-baskets Promote Social Justice in Washington, December 5, 2007
• NATO Provincial Reconstruction Teams Need a Gender Policy, Say Afghan Advocates, September 6, 2007
• Uterus Damage Condemns Women to Sickness and Stigma in Rural Nepal, August 2, 2007
• Afghan Women Demand a Halt to Intimidation and Murder, June 22, 2007
• Advocates Launch Campaign to Protect Women Human Rights Defenders in Serbia, June 21, 2007
• Women From the Balkans Demand a UN Meeting and a Say in Kosovo's Future, April 25, 2007
• Kosova Women’s Network Declares War on Breast Cancer, March 8, 2007
• Serbian Press Seeks Jail for Women Peace Activists Who Advocate Independence for Kosovo, February 21, 2007
• Women in Black Criticizes Serbian Politicians and Rejects a Nationalist Solution to the Kosovo Crisis, February 7, 2007
• The West’s Aid Embargo Undermines the Campaign for Palestinian Women’s Rights, February 1, 2007
• Liechtenstein Government Pledges $20,000 to Train 60 Afghan Teachers and Support Girls’ Education, October 12, 2006
• Afghan Women Denounce ‘Un-Islamic’ Attacks Against Women and Launch 13-Point Plan to Improve Security in Afghanistan, October 5, 2006
• Afghan Women’s Network Deplores Murder of Prominent Women’s Advocate and Expresses Resolve, October 1, 2006
• Women Advocates Oppose Re-Establishment of Afghan Vice and Virtue Department, September 26, 2006
• Technology Helps Disadvantaged Malaysian Women to Fight Discrimination and Work from Home, September 19, 2006
• New Regional Women’s Peace Lobby Calls for Speedy Vote in Kosovo, August 4, 2006
• Disadvantaged Malaysian Women Use Eco-Baskets to Take Their Message to the World, June 27, 2006
• Serbian and Kosovar Women Call for an End to ‘Religious Ownership’ of Kosovo’s Churches and Mosques, June 6, 2006
• Kosovar Women Call for Inclusion in Peace Process, March 8, 2006
• Tsunami Relief Effort Seeks to Reach Women in Sri Lanka as Violence Grows, January 24, 2006
• Dalit Women Accused of Witchcraft, Forced to Eat Excrement, January 19, 2006
• New Advocacy Group Empowers Women Election Candidates in Afghanistan, September 16, 2005
• Arson Fails to Dampen Enthusiasm for Girls Education in Remote Afghanistan, August 1, 2005
• Women Advocates Call on Afghan Religious Leaders to Condemn Violence Against Women in the Name of Islam, May 23, 2005
• Experiment in Community Education Puts 554 Afghan Girls in School, March 10, 2005
• Afghan Women Call for Security as Violence Surges, August 26, 2003
• Afghan Women's Network Calls for Sweeping Constitutional Changes to Improve Women's Rights and Unveils New Website, March 6, 2003
• Women of Kosovo and Afghanistan Pledge Solidarity With Iraqi Women, May 2003

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