Feminist Coalitions Matter More Than Ever

Members of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition reflect on the challenges WHRDs face today, and why solidarity and collective action matter more than ever in times of polycrisis

“It exceeded my expectations”: a participant from Bosnia and Herzegovina reflects on Women Human Rights Defenders Advocacy Week

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Women Human Rights Defenders Bring the Intersection of Gender, Conflict and Environmental Justice to the UN

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Women Human Rights Defenders Bring the Intersection of Gender, Conflict and Environmental Justice to the UN

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“We have come together for a long time and with such passion to do this work”

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October 18 marked 6 years since lawyer, feminist and Amuzga indigenous WHRD Kenia Inés Hernández Montalván was arbitrarily detained, criminalised and unjustly sentenced to more than 20 years in prison on eleven charges. Read our statement: whrdic.org/our-work/solid…
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RT @IM_Defensoras: 🔴El 18 de octubre se cumplieron 6 años desde que Kenia Hernández está injustamente presa en México por ejercer su derech…

WHRD International Coalition is a membership based feminist coalition of women human rights defenders, non-binary and trans defenders that work together
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Members of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition reflect on the challenges WHRDs face today, and why solidarity and collective action matter more than ever in times of polycrisis.
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💰 The economic crisis and the impacts of debt crises manifest manifold in magnitude for #women in #Asia and #Pacific region

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One of the objectives of this research is to understand the patterns of criminalization that women human rights defenders experience, and the impacts on their bodies Read the full research on our Knowledge Hub 👇
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After dozens of women and girls were abducted from public spaces under the Taliban’s latest hijab crackdown, residents in Herat, #Afghanistan, took to the streets in protest. They were met with gunfire, abductions, and an expanding campaign of surveillance
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Between January 2016 and December 2023, over 500 #Kenyan women were brutally murdered. 72% of survivors in some counties face financial barriers to accessing support to GBV services.

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Ruth López is a Salvadoran #WHRD who has been arbitrarily detained since May 2025 in reprisal for her work defending human rights and fighting corruption in #ElSalvador.
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In 2025, the Business and Human Rights Centre documented 790 attacks on defenders raising concerns about business. This is more than two attacks on average every day.

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Informal brown-bag session with diplomats in the frames of the WHRD Advocacy Week
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WHRD Advocacy Week participants meeting with the Special Rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment and the Working Group on Business and Human Rights.
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WHRD Advocacy Week continues in full force ✊
Participants are meeting with key partners and delivering oral statements, highlighting the intersections of gender, climate and conflict.

Join us in a side event that brings together women human rights defenders who live at the intersections of gender, climate and conflict.

🗓️Thursday 24 September
🕐 13:00-14:00 CEST
📍 Room XI, Palais des Nations, Geneva
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Together with our members, we are amplifying the lived realities of feminist activists from the Global Majority, holding States accountable, and ensuring the Human Rights Council does its job.
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