Passionate Debate Erupts Over The Future For Women In Islam

Sparks flew when Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who lives under a fatwa for her condemnation of Sharia law, came face to face with fellow Somali women’s activist Hibaaq Osman The f...

How Satellites Are Being Used To Expose Human Rights Abuses

It was the satellite images showing recently disturbed ground that seemed to provide the final confirmation. There was an increasing amount of evidence to indicate that the...

Tackling Inequality As Injustice: Four Challenges For The Human Rights Agenda

Over the last three months, openGlobalRights has brought together leading practitioners from various fields to debate economic inequality from a human rights perspective. <...

What Price An Olympics That Protects The Rights Of Children And Their Families?

It’s simple. We want an Olympic Games that does not harm children and their families.We all know that the financial benefits of organising major sporting events for h...

Bhutan Tackles Violence Against Women For "Refusing Sex, Burning The Dinner"

Sonam Zangmo endured abuse at the hands of her husband for two years before finally walking out on him after the birth of her daughter.
"He used to lay his hands on me...

Evelyn Sharma To Launch School Of Seams

Amidst several actresses who have extended their support to varied social causes, one amongst them is Evelyn Sharma. The actress, who launched her Seams For Dreams (SFD) la...

Estelle To Perform At Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Gala

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced that Grammy Award-winn...

Human rights & democracy statistics

In this video, made for the Oslo freedom Forum 2009, Hans Rosling talks about the difficulty in measuring progress in Human Rights in the form of comparable numerical stati...

Human Rights Watch 2013 End of Year Video