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This is what we demand. Justice! Impunity for sexual violence against women in Colombia's armed conflict
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Amnesty International ,
2011
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Women and girls have been subjected to widespread and systematic sexual violence by all the parties to the long-running Colombian armed conflict – paramilitaries, members of thesecurity forces and gue...
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Rwanda:"Marked for Death", rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda (in English, French and Spanish)
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Amnesty International ,
2004
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In April 1994, Rwanda suffered one hundred days of violence, targeted at the Tutsi and moderate Hutu population. Sexual violence against women and girls constituted a central part of the genocidal str...
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Georgia - Thousands Suffering in Silence: Violence Against Women in the Family
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Amnesty International ,
2009
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Thousands of Georgian women are subjected to domestic violence on a regular basis. They are hit, beaten, raped, and in some cases even killed. Many more endure psychological violence and a lack of con...
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‘‘I can’t afford justice": Violence against women in Uganda continues unchecked and unpunished
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Amnesty International ,
2010
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In this report, Amnesty International calls upon the Ugandan authorities to improve the protection and promotion of women’s right to lead violence free lives. Violence against women and girls (i...
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Risking Rape to Reach a Toilet: Women’s Experiences of the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya (in English, Swahili, French)
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Amnesty International ,
2010
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Women and girls living in the informal settlements and slums of Nairobi live their daily lives under constant threat of violence: in their own homes, at work, and in public spaces. Sanitation faciliti...
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Stolen sisters: a Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
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Amnesty International ,
2004
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What role does discrimination play in acts of violence against indigenous women in Canada? This report by Amnesty International presents nine case studies of discrimination and violence against indige...
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Safe Schools Every Girl's Right
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Amnesty International ,
2008
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Every day, girls face being assaulted on their way to school or abducted for trafficking, pushed and hit in school grounds, teased, humiliated and insulted by their classmates, sexually harassed or ab...
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Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro): 'So does it mean that we have the rights?' Protecting the Human Rights of Women and Girls Trafficked for Forced Prostitution in Kosovo
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Amnesty International ,
2004
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Since the deployment of an international peacekeeping force (KFOR) and the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) civilian administration, Kosovo has beco...
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To Stop Violence Against Women Respect for Women's Human Rights is Essential
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Amnesty International ,
2007
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Violence against women and girls is a global pandemic, which often manifests itself as sexual violence in one form or another. This collection of stories, testimonies and recollections of girls and wo...
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Israel and the Occupied Territories: Conflict, Occupation and Patriarchy: Women Carry the Burden
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Amnesty International ,
2005
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Israeli forces in the Occupied Territories have had a particularly negative impact on Palestinian women. They have been at the receiving end of increased pressures and violence in the family and in so...
