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Women as defenders of human rights

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Women have always been important actors in the promotion and protection of human rights however, their role has not always been positively acknowledged. Women work on their own and alongside men in the defence of human rights . Many women belong to organisations working on behalf of disappeared people and prisoners. Others defend the rights of minority groups or victims of sexual violence, and others are trade unionists, lawyers and campaigners for land rights.

A very useful guide on women human rights defenders UNHCHR website at http://www.unhchr.ch/defenders/tiwomen.htm.

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Also see Report: Consultation on Women HRDs with the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders, April 4-6 2003, Published by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, and Essential actors of our time. Human rights defenders in the Americas, by Amnesty International.

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