Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders

This guidebook is designed to support the ongoing process of enhancing the understanding of, and sensitivity to, the specific issues and situations confronted by women human rights defenders.

Women human rights defenders are women who defend human rights as well as those who defend sexuality-related rights. By naming the specific violations, risks and constraints that they face, this guidebook aims to continue advocacy, research, and documentation, which could advance the rights of women human rights defenders as well as bring further recognition and acknowledgment to their work.

Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders, published by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development in collaboration with a group of women rights, human rights and sexual health advocates: http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf2007/book3Neo.pdf