Amnesty International Australia
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Amnesty International Australia today expressed serious concerns about the draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children, including its failure to address gender-based violence as an abuse of women’s human rights, as recognised in the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. Submissions on the draft plan closed on Friday. …
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Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow women to drive is welcome but must now be followed by more reforms to women’s rights, Amnesty International said today. This weekend (Sunday 24 June) women will be allowed to drive in the country as the controversial driving ban is lifted. However, leading women’s rights activists and campaigners against the …
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Thousands of women and girls who survived the brutal rule of the Boko Haram armed group have since been further abused by the Nigerian security forces who claim to be rescuing them, said Amnesty International in a new report released today. ‘“They betrayed us” reveals how the Nigerian military and Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF) …
Unilever, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble among nine household names contributing to labour abuse. The world’s most popular food and household companies are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions, according to our latest research. …
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