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UN experts condemn Egypt as clampdown “tightens the noose” on women’s rights movement

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15 Dec 2016

GENEVA (15 December 2016) – A group of United Nations experts* has strongly condemned Egypt for escalating its action against women human rights defenders and women rights groups as part of a...

Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, Ms Dubravka šimonović at the Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament, 12-13 December 2016

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13 Dec 2016

13 December, 15:25 Your excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen, Speakers and Members of Parliament, Let me begin by thanking Dr.Amal Al Qubaisi, the first woman Speaker of the Federal National Council of...

Human rights under increasing attack worldwide

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09 Dec 2016

Human Rights Day – Saturday 10 December 2016 GENEVA (9 December 2014) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day on Saturday 10 December, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human...

It is time to increase action to end and prevent violence against women and girls

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02 Dec 2016

Spanish (2 December 2016) - Dubravka Šimonović, United Nations Rapporteur on Violence against Women, and Margarette May Macaulay, Commissioner and Rapporteur on the Rights of Women, join forces to...