Women-Rights

Described by the United Nations as the most immediate human rights threat globally, climate change has already put more than 1 million species at risk of...

Across the globe many women and girls still face discrimination on the basis of sex and gender. Gender inequality underpins many problems which...

Typical conditions placed on women human rights defenders released from prison have included bans on travelling abroad, bans on working, and severe...

Saudi Arabia’s ‘reform drive’ cannot be considered credible as long as peaceful activists are still being targeted for their work.

Every girl and every woman has the right to a safer, fairer, more just world. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of...

The remarkable educational progress of Iranian girls in the last decade should be considered a social phenomenon.

Khashoggi’s killing is one chapter in a long line of violations to add to the Kingdom’s appalling human rights record.

Saudi Arabia has committed numerous violations of international humanitarian law not only in neighboring countries like Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain but inside...

A balanced world is a better world. How can you help forge a more gender-balanced world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take...

NDP health critic Don Davies warned Canada is at the "very cusp" of uncovering serious human-rights abuses affecting vulnerable women including those who are...

Despite introducing social reforms, Saudi Arabia remains a serial human rights violator and doesn't welcome criticism of its actions and policies.

political and social media activists continued to be targeted, both by the security forces and by the judiciary in Bahrain.

The Saudi authorities severely restricted freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Many human rights defenders and critics were detained and some...

While Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continues to present himself as a reformer, peaceful human rights activism that calls for reforms continues to be...