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Women Human Rights Defenders
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Joining the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, members of the International Coalition on Women Human Rights Defenders honor 16 women human rights defenders who have endured all risks and dangers to pursue their activism.
Who are women human rights defenders?
Women active in human rights defense who are targeted for who they are as well as those active in the defense of women’s rights who are targeted for what they do. Simply, it pertains to human rights activists who are women, as well as other activists who also defend women’s rights.
In every region of the world, many women human rights defenders - whether they are women, men, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or any other sex - often find their rights violated, enduring different forms and degrees of violence. Perpetrators of the violence are not just those from the State. Many incidents of violence against women human rights defenders have been documented as committed by people from the community and family members who view the work of these women human rights defenders as contradicting social norms.
Aside from the general forms of violence they face together with other defenders such as threats, restriction of freedom of opinion and expression, restriction of association and assembly, arbitrary arrest, abduction, torture or murder, women human rights defenders especially experience sexual assault, rape, or other forms of sexual violence. They face attacks, which specifically target their sexuality as a form of punishment for their advocacy.
Each of these 16 women human rights defenders marks a day of activism against gender violence - from November 25, the International Day against Violence against Women until December 10, the International Human Rights Day.
They represent the many other women human rights defenders we honor each November 29, the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day.
On these days and every day, we pay tribute to the courage of all women human rights defenders who risk their lives in defense of their rights, and the rights of others.
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