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Current Actions Sorted by Title
IMPORTANT: These actions are current and you are encouraged to send appeals to the authorities listed in the action. For background on particular cases, please see the Women's Action Archive, which contains information on completed campaigns and earlier versions of updates.
| August 2006 |
Mexico |
The Abduction and Murder in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua City |
Violence, Access to Justice |
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| 22.5 UPDATE |
December 2008 |
Ethiopia |
Proposed New Law Threatens to Shut Down Non-Governmental Organizations |
Discriminatory Laws, Rape |
| May 2008 |
India |
The Demand for Sex Trafficking: Holding Commercial Sex Buyers Accountable |
Trafficking |
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November 2009 |
Yemen |
End Early Marriages Through Enactment of Law Enforcing a Minimum Age of Marriage |
Child Marriage, Violence |
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| February 2009 |
Saudi Arabia |
Forced Divorce—Women under Perpetual Guardianship of Male Relatives |
Divorce |
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| August 2005 |
Pakistan |
The Hudood Ordinances—Denial of Justice for Rape: The Case of Dr. Shazia |
Discriminatory Laws, Rape |
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| 21.6 UPDATE |
December 2008 |
Afghanistan |
Peace and Security Undermined: Targeting of Women Leaders |
Peace and Security, Political Participation |
| 32.2 UPDATE |
December 2009 |
Zambia |
Rampant Rape of Schoolgirls by Their Teachers—Victory in R.M.'s Civil Case |
Rape |
| 33.2 UPDATE |
September 2009 |
Japan |
Rape Simulator Games and the Normalization of Sexual Violence |
Rape, Violence |
| 25.2 UPDATE |
July 2008 |
Mali |
Renewed Call for a Law Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) |
FGM |
| 12.4/27.2 UPDATE |
May 2009 |
United States |
Sex Tourism: Big Apple Oriental Tours Acquitted of State Criminal Charges. Federal Action Needed to Prosecute G.F. Tours and other U.S.-Based Sex Tour Operators |
Sex Tourism, Trafficking |
| 16.10 UPDATE |
February 2010 |
Words and Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing +15 Review Process |
Discriminatory Laws |
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