Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly

2/2025

Misogyny and authoritarianism

When authoritarians are on the rise, it’s bad news for women’s rights

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.

Women's rights activists

“We have taken several transnational corporations to court”

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.

Our view

Women are leading change

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.