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UN Human Rights Council: Egypt Rights Abuses in Spotlight

A joint declaration by 27 United Nations member states expressing concern about Egypt’s repeated use of excessive force against demonstrators turned the international spotlight on Egypt’s human rights abuses. It was the fi...

Malawi: End Widespread Child Marriage

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A 14-year-old girl holds her baby at her sister’s home in a village in Kanduku, in...

Quality education for girls and women is progress for all

EI has released its statement to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2014 on 8th March. EI affiliates are encouraged to use this statement in their own IWD communications and in connection with EI’s global campaign Unite...

Personal Envoy Guldimann says situation in Crimea calm but very tense

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Ambassador Tim Guldimann, Personal Envoy of the Swiss OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Ukraine, briefing OS...