Events

We are deeply disturbed by the ongoing attacks on the only woman from the Arab region to lead a UN agency. 

Dr Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, is increasingly a target for bitter and overtly racist attacks, both online and offline.  We condemn the attacks on her and the organisation she leads.

Facebook has failed to properly explain its decision to disable the accounts of dozens of Tunisian users. 

As more people spend more time online, and more time on Facebook, the more necessary it is for independent, transparent, and human rights-based oversight of Facebook.

The importance and influence of the Internet in our lives is only getting greater, making the need to deal with the challenges it poses for public safety, security, and rights ever more acute. 

The freedom to express oneself and impart information and ideas through any media are fundamental human rights. Freedom of the press is - alongside a strong civil society - an essential means of holding power to account and giving voice to the community.

Members of the Karama women's movement demonstrated that youth is ready to lead at the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver.

International Women's Day 2019 sees the public launch of the Karama Program for Adolescent Girls.

A significant advancement for the already well-established Karama women’s movement, the program represents the first time the network has focused work on a specific age group, ...

Women’s rights activists from across Africa and the Middle East were in Cambridge last week to discuss the effect that conflict and instability are having on women in their communities.