Women's resistance

How years of persistent advocacy, awareness raising and dialogue with government officials led to success: Law professor Kamola Alieva from Uzbekistan talks about the campaign to criminalise violence against women.

Macarena Sáez of Human Rights Watch explains why the fight for women’s rights is also a fight for democracy – and how women around the world are uniting to move forward.

When workers are exploited or indigenous land rights are threatened, lawyer Alejandra Ancheita doesn’t hesitate to bring mining and energy giants before international accountability mechanisms.

Around the world, women are campaigning against inequality and the abuse of power to achieve more democracy and freedom for all. Yet many of their successes go largely unnoticed.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban are systematically banishing women from the public sphere while the world looks on. Human-rights expert Selmin Çalışkan discusses creative activism and international solidarity – and how women in Afghanistan are fighting back.

Women in strife-ridden Cameroon are demanding the chance to set up their lives again despite ongoing conflicts. What matters most is that they are able to earn a secure living. The whole country would benefit from this.

The modern African women‘s movement unites people along and across ethnic boundaries, generations and colonial borders. Examples from Nigeria, Kenya and other parts of the continent show the progress made in women’s rights.

Gender-based violence (GBV) in the workplace is still widespread worldwide. In Tanzania, there are several initiatives aimed at empowering female workers. However, there are still challenges, especially in the huge informal sector.

Men have a responsibility to help overcome the disempowerment that stands in the way of gender equality. However, we need to understand what it means to be a male ally, why it is imperative that men support the feminist cause, and how they can best do so.