Across #SWANA WHRDs are increasingly targeted by security forces b/c they are impactful. #WHRDs are no longer only advocates for women's rights, but are credible & effective members of other movements. On #MayDay2024 we highlight cases of 7 imprisoned #Iranian labor rights WHRDs.

Since their return to power, the #Taliban have issued over 65 edicts targeting women's rights, stripping them of their full spectrum of freedoms. Specifically, the following 12 edicts brutally restrict women's right to work.
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Femena expresses its solidarity with the protest movement in support of peace and the rights of Palestinians taking place at over 40 university campuses across the United States.

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📢 Saudi fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi has a broken leg after facing further abuse in detention.

With partners, we call on #SaudiArabia 's authorities to grant international observers access to detainees in the country, and to #FreeManahel now.

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Femena calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately & unconditionally dismiss charges against #WHRDs peacefully gathered outside UN Women.  We call on UN Women to fully investigate use of violence against peaceful rights defenders by its security forces.

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We join the call for the immediate release of #WHRDs arrested in Cairo for demonstrating in support of #Gaza & #Sudan outside the offices of UN Women
after reportedly being attacked by UNW security forces! The @UN must press for their immediate release & initiate investigation.