This report aims at getting clarity and guidance in the law to address discriminatory legislation on rape and sexual violence in Sudan,particularly provisions of the 1991 Sudanese Criminal Code

This report draws on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). These Concluding Observations relate to law or the absence of law,and this

This is a short pocket guide that outlines the most common ways that NGO’s can bring human rights violations to the attention of the United Nations and regional bodies. This guide provides various

This manual promotes the use of the groundbreaking human rights instrument,the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. It is a guide that provides step-by-step guidance for using the Protocol at

This social development bulletin,published by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),highlights the challenges faced by persons with disabilities in humanitarian emergencies. The

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Building on the body of Equality Now’s work for the protection of girls’ and women’s rights,this report illustrates the impact of child marriage through 11 case studies and includes an analysis of the

This article, published in 2011, reports on 24 Sri Lankan former domestic workers, many of whom were allegedly abused by their employers, that were stranded in Amman from January to April 2011, unable