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Claiming rights, claiming justice: a guidebook on women human rights defenders

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This guidebook, Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders, is an important initiative to acknowledge the valuable contribution of women human rights defenders in the promotion and protection of human rights, and to empower them further in their role as defenders. It builds on the achievements of women human rights defenders, including those attained in the framework of the three-year international campaign on women human rights defenders. In my work as UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, I consistently reiterated that women defenders are more at risk of certain forms of violence and restrictions, and become more vulnerable to prejudices, exclusion and public repudiation by state forces and social actors especially when engaged in the defence of women’s rights. This is particularly true when they are perceived to defy cultural norms and social constructs on gender,sexuality and femininity, or when they challenge social structures vested in economic interest or traditional practices. Since the establishment of my mandate in 2000, I acted on over 450 cases of violations of women human rights defenders concerning more than 1,300 defenders. Over 40 of them were killed in connection with their human rights work.This is the tip of the iceberg of the human rights violations perpetrated against women defenders. It tells us how imperative it is to devise new protection mechanisms and strengthen existing ones to provide women human rights defenders with a secure environment for their work. This guidebook is an important contribution to that end. By giving visibility to the role of women defenders in the promotion and protection of human rights, the guidebook contributes to the recognition of their work as human rights work. By looking at the specific types of human rights violations affecting women defenders because of their gender, the guidebook enhances understanding and awareness of the challenges faced by women defenders and serves as a tool to advocate for protection,redress and compensation measures.

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KP.1 PER c

Publisher

Chiang Mai : Asia Pasific Forum on Women (APWLD)., 2007

Collation

163p. : ill. ; 27cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789747348927

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KP.1

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Hak asasi manusia
Keadilan

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