Coming at a time when WHRDs have received little attention in the human rights arena, theĀ Global Report on the Situation of WHRDsĀ plays a crucial part in advancing the recognition of WHRDs.
The Global Report gives a contextual analysis of the environment in which WHRDs work and the violations they face because of their gender and/or work defending gender-based rights. It is intended that theĀ Global ReportĀ is primarily an advocacy and capacity building tool, both important measures for WHRDsā protection and the prevention of further abuses. Ā ItĀ is a contribution to the ongoing documentation of the situation of WHRDs that will enable informed advocacy from the local to regional and international level.Ā TheĀ Global ReportĀ is a publication of the Women Human Rights Defenders International CoalitionĀ (WHRD IC).
FORUM-ASIA is a member of theĀ Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC),Ā a resource and advocacy network for the protection and support of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) worldwide. WHRDs are women active in human rights defense who are targeted for who they are as well as those active in the defense of womenās rights who are targeted for what they do. This includes human rights activists who are women, as well as other activists (whether male, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex) who also defend the rights of women and sexual rights.
