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9. "The gender dimension of the defence of
human rights. Women defenders have been and remain a vibrant
part of the human rights movement. In several countries, women defenders are
the leading force in the human rights community, and women's organizations are
the sector of civil society with the most social capital. However, women
defenders - particularly those working in the area of women's rights - are at
greater risk of being targeted by forms of prejudice, exclusion and repudiation
by various parts of the social and political establishment. Analysis of the
gender dimension of the work carried out in the defence of human rights is
fundamental to addressing the protection needs and the legitimacy gaps that may
affect women defenders. parameters such as the level of participation, the
number of organizations, and the degree of representation related to women
defenders, the prominence of women's rights on the agendas of defenders and
patterns of gender-based violations against the human rights of defenders, are
to be taken into account when assessing the situation of human rights
defenders."
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Distr. GENERAL A/63/288 14 August 2008 Original: ENGLISH |
General
Assembly
Sixty-Third Session
Item 67 (b) of the Provisional
Agenda
Promotion and Protection of Human
Rights: Human
rights questions, including
alternative approaches for
improving the effective enjoyment of
human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Human
Rights Defenders
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour
to transmit to the members of the General Assembly the present Report submitted
by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Margaret
Sekaggya, in accordance with General Assembly Resolution 62/152.
FULL REPORT IS ATTACHED.
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