Seeking compensation for survivors of violence
We 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 CEDAW
Calling upon the Afghanistan Government to Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against women...
Investigating torture against women
When 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 court
The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published a new toolkit for lawyers and other professionals on strengthening medico-legal...
The Myriad that is Kashmir
I call Kashmir, the land of juxtapositions, where one can see splendor existing simultaneously with the unpleasant – be it the Dal Lake...
Activism behind prosecuting rape
Over the years various resolutions have been passed: Resolution 1820; 1325 (2000) and 1889 (2009) on Women and Peace and Security;...
The Right to be Human
Human 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 happened
Unlike other children my age, I did not grow up listening to stories from myDida (maternal grandmother). Oddly enough, Dida, an avid...
