Beijing + 20 in Morocco: where do we stand? While legislative and institutional progresses have been made in Morroco, the implementations of Beijing +20 often remain inadequate and below the citizens’ expectations due to a lack of budgetary resources or political willingness. By Salma Kadiri
Moving an elephant: Working on women's rights in Lebanon For feminist and women's rights activist Lina Abou Habib, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action can be considered a milestone in fighting for women's rights in Lebanon. An interview by Noor Baalbaki By Lina Abou-Habib and Noor Baalbaki
My right to question inequality As Anna Argashvili recalls her childhood, she rememers the roles available to women in post-Soviet Georgia, traces the first instances of protest and resistance and highlights the current struggles of human rights activist in the region. By Anna Arganashvili
Video: Urvashi Butalia on Women's Rights in India Urvashi Butalia on Women's Rights in India - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Watch on YouTube This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy. In this interview Butalia speaks about womens rights, the anti-rape movement and about the new elected Prime Minister.
Reproductive rights in Brazil from Beijing to present day: are we going forward or backward? In Brazil, despite symbolic political actions, commitment still has not moved beyond words concerning women's reporductive rights. HBS interviews Guacira de Oliveira, from CFEMEA – Feminist Center for Studies and Counseling, a Brazilian feminist organization By Naiara Azevedo
Young black women occupy spaces and change Brazilian reality In Brazil, women of color face double discrimination because of their gender and skin color. Most often, they live in favelas - the slums of the poor at the cities' outskirts. Manoela Vianna reports about three women who fight for a change By Manoela Vianna
Human Rights of Women Human rights are women’s rights. Despite this, women in many countries are still denied their rights. One of the core demands of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action is therefore to safeguard and promote the human rights of women by the governments.
Forced Sterilization: The Hidden Human Rights Abuse The sterilization of women without their consent remains a persistent problem for public health systems worldwide. Public health administrators and justice systems have yet to learn the lessons of such abuses. By Gwendolyn Albert
"Discrimination arouses hatred" What is the situation with regard to the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, trans* and inter* (LGBTI) worldwide? The Director of the German Institute for Human Rights, Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf in an interview with Caroline Ausserer. By Caroline Ausserer
Human Rights between the Sexes With the present study the Heinrich Böll Stiftung names the largely invisible discrimination against intersex individuals and, in doing so, brings it to light. A first overview of the life situations of intersex individuals from 12 selected countries in various regions of the world is being offered.