Seeking compensation for survivors of violenceWe are working to ensure that survivors of violence are fully cognizant of their rights to protection and compensation under the...
The benefit of ratifying the Optional Protocol to CEDAWCalling upon the Afghanistan Government to Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against women...
Investigating torture against womenWhen we think of torture or inhuman, degrading and cruel treatment and punishment, we typically think of acts committed by States against...
Challenging the myth of rape in courtThe World Health Organization (WHO) has just published a new toolkit for lawyers and other professionals on strengthening medico-legal...
The Myriad that is KashmirI call Kashmir, the land of juxtapositions, where one can see splendor existing simultaneously with the unpleasant – be it the Dal Lake...
Activism behind prosecuting rapeOver the years various resolutions have been passed: Resolution 1820; 1325 (2000) and 1889 (2009) on Women and Peace and Security;...
The Right to be HumanHuman Rights is a loaded term – those who have it do not feel the need for it, those who don’t, make a claim to such rights which are...
On the journey into Kashmir: Why it all happenedUnlike other children my age, I did not grow up listening to stories from myDida (maternal grandmother). Oddly enough, Dida, an avid...