By Alba Murcia and Angie Garcia Atehortua Dear President, Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights (SAHR) is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to build a movement of feminist and intersectional Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and lawyers who use and shape the law to achieve justice for all survivors of sexual…

By Fi Gilligan In May 2020, we launched our #BecomingSAHR Instagram Live series: a multilingual series of candid conversations about feminism, gender justice and human rights. …

By Fi Gilligan Compiled from SAHR’s “Gender Justice Wednesdays” series on social media. Follow SAHR on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. You will remember the #ChallengeAccepted trend, which, in August 2020, saw our feeds flooded with monochrome selfies of women. While the black and white challenge appears to have started in…

By Shruti Mishra, Aditi Pradhan and Natasha Latiff The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG), the second woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice, has undeniably created a void worldwide for the defenders who have studied her. She lived a life championing human rights and gender justice. …

By Fi Gilligan Compiled from SAHR’s “Gender Justice Wednesdays” series on social media. Follow SAHR on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The difficulty of prosecuting sex crimes is a challenge faced by gender justice advocates around the world. Taking a survivor-centred approach, SAHR strives to address these issues that vary from…

By Natasha Latiff, SAHR’s Founder & Legal Director The United States has been experiencing an extraordinary reckoning around racial injustice. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets across the US to demand justice and change. At SAHR, we stand with all communities asking for accountability and we recommit to…

We are delighted to announce the launch of our Gender Justice Legal Defenders Fellowship 2020–21. Women, trans and gender non-conforming people face more legal problems all around the world. They have more difficulty accessing justice due to low literacy rates, less income, unfair or biased laws, and harmful social norms…

Authored By: Njomza Haxhibeqiri Edited by: Aditi Pradhan and Pratyusha Sibal 17 July marks the anniversary of the Rome Statute and the conception of the International Criminal Court. In 22 years of its existence, ICC’s track record on prosecuting sexual and gender-based violence has not been promising. …

By Ángela Rodríguez When María Hervás (from the acclaimed film ‘Madrid, 1987’) received the call from the renowned Spanish theater director Miguel del Arco to be part of his next play, she was extremely excited. …