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Current Actions Sorted by Date
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.
| Urgent Alert | August 2010 | United States | Urge your Senators to pass the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act (U.S. members) | Child Marriage |
| July 2010 |
Mexico |
Take action against the officials who raided a high security women’s shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua State |
Violence |
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| July 2010 |
Lebanon |
Give women equal citizenship rights to men under the nationality law |
Discriminatory Laws |
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| July 2010 |
United States |
Urge your Senators and Congressperson to co-sponsor the International Violence Against Women Act (U.S. members) |
Violence |
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| June 2010 |
Iran |
Call on the Government of Iran to stop the imminent execution of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani sentenced to death by stoning |
Stoning, Discriminatory Laws |
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| May 2010 |
Pakistan |
End exploitation and abuse of girls in domestic servitude |
Trafficking, Violence |
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| 31.2 UPDATE |
May 2010 |
Saudi Arabia |
Women under Perpetual Guardianship of Male Relatives |
Male Guardianship |
May 2010 |
United States |
Stop FGM in the United States: Support the Girls Protection Act(U.S. members) |
FGM |
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34.2 UPDATE |
April 2010 |
Yemen |
End early marriages by enacting and enforcing a minimum age of marriage law |
Child Marriage, Violence |
| 16.10 UPDATE |
February 2010 |
Words and Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing +15 Review Process |
Discriminatory Laws |
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| 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 |
| June 2009 |
Saudi Arabia |
Urgent Call for Annulment of Marriage of 10-Year-Old Girl |
Child Marriage, Violence |
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| 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 |
| 22.5 UPDATE |
December 2008 |
Ethiopia |
Proposed New Law Threatens to Shut Down Non-Governmental Organizations |
Discriminatory Laws, Rape |
21.6 UPDATE |
December 2008 |
Afghanistan |
Peace and Security Undermined: Targeting of Women Leaders |
Peace and Security, Political Participation |
| 25.2 UPDATE |
July 2008 |
Mali |
Renewed Call for a Law Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) |
FGM |
| May 2008 |
India |
The Demand for Sex Trafficking: Holding Commercial Sex Buyers Accountable |
Trafficking |
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| August 2006 |
Mexico |
The Abduction and Murder of Women in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua City |
Violence, Access to Justice |
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Women and
girls around the world need your help.
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