Violence Against Women
Living free from violence is a human right. Yet millions of women and girls around the world encounter rape, domestic abuse, mutilation and other forms of gender-based violence. Too often no one is held accountable for these crimes. With your help, we can urge governments to hold perpetrators responsible and put an end to this cycle of violence against women. Take action to stop violence against women!
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Ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women! | Haiti: Girls Working as Domestic Help in Haiti are Virtual Slaves, Says Amnesty International | Qatar: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review | Sarah Deer's testimony | |
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Rallying support for the re-introduction of I-VAWA
Nicole Kidman speaks out for women's human rights. ©Shawn Duffy
Soon after delivering our petition of more than 30,000 signatures to the White House, urging President Obama and Vice President Biden to call on Congress to re-introduce and pass the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) this fall, House and Senate hearings brought together a powerhouse of supporters to shine a light on the unjust treatment of women and girls around the world. » Read more about the latest push for I-VAWA legislation 
Stimulus funding for Native Women © AFP The economic stimulus package the U.S. Congress recently approved includes hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Services. This victory is due in part because of AIUSA and the 2007 AIUSA report, Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA. |
The Price of SilenceIn this new music video collaboration, 16 global artists celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The artists in the video include Yungchen Lhamo, a Tibetan musician who was born in a Chinese labor camp and at the age of 22 trekked across the Himalayas with her two-year old son to escape oppression from the Chinese regime. 
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Women's RightsWomen face human rights injustices, in addition to gender-based discrimination. Women and children account for most casualties of war and make up most of the world's refugees, displaced and poor populations. 
Violence against Native American and Alaska Native womenNative American and Alaska Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than women in the United States in general. |
International Violence Against WomenAt least 1 out of every 3 women worldwide are beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Women's Human Rights DefendersWomen's activism is on the rise around the world despite government and individual opposition. Support the millions of women who have made defending women's human rights their life, including:
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