Speak out for women on International Women's Day

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March 8 is International Women's Day
Take action today for women
in the Middle East & North Africa

IWD action


http://ai50.ca/smac/n6gy2

http://www.amnesty.ca/iwriteforjustice/take_action.php?actionid=828&type=Internal&utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Informz

Every year on International Women's Day, Amnesty International members participate in activities to celebrate achievements in women's human rights and to campaign on some of the most pressing issues facing women.

This year, we stand with women in the Middle East and North Africa, who are raising their voices in the midst of political turbulence and violent repression to express their vision for peaceful and democratic change.

Speak out today for women’s human rights in the region:

Saudi driving action

Take a picture: Send a photo message to Saudi Arabian women activists showing solidarity in their continuing campaign to end the ban against women driving in Saudi Arabia, as a first step to an end to discrimination against women. See action




Amnesty pen

Write a letter: Ask the Government of Yemen to eradicate discriminatory laws and practices against women. See action



Nasrin from Iran

Send a postcard: Ask for the immediate release of lawyer, human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nasrin Sotoudeh. See action



Yoga Day

Raise money and awareness at Yoga Day: Join us at studios across Canada on April 28 and help release Iranian women's activist Baharah Hedayat. Visit Yoga Day web site


You can follow Amnesty International's work on women's human rights
all year round on our Women's Blog.



Ask Syria's First Lady to
Speak Out to Protect Women

Assad Syria action

Syria's First Lady Asma al-Assad
Women in Syria need to hear her voice more than ever.

Join Amnesty International's call to action by pen & paper, email, or social media: please urge the First Lady to use her influence to advance the rights of women in Syria.

<< Write a letter
and/or
<< Join our social media action on women's rights in Syria

Our message for the First Lady:

•ensure that Syrian women human rights defenders are able to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association without risk of intimidation, arbitrary arrest and prosecution

•bring an end to the ongoing violence and human rights violations committed against Syrian women rights activists

•ensure accountability and redress for these women.

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