16 Tweets 16 Days: Day 5, Women Human Rights Defenders Day

Prajnya Initiatives ‏@prajnya29 Nov Today is International Women Human Rights Defenders' Day. Why they matter: http://bit.ly/17Xeqba  #nosgbv

Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders. http://bit.ly/17Xetns #nosgbv

International Coalition on Women Human Rights Defenders honoured 16 women defenders of human rights, 2009: http://bit.ly/17XeMi8 #nosgbv

Pandita Ramabai http://bit.ly/17XeWWQ who worked to help widows rebuild their lives & founded Mukti Sadan. http://bit.ly/17XeWWS #nosgbv

Sr. Subbalakshmi worked for women's education, esp. widows & ending child marriage. http://bit.ly/17Xf9t5 & http://bit.ly/17Xf9t7 #nosgbv

Afghan women's organizations which fought for women through the hardest years. http://bit.ly/38NbHz & http://bit.ly/IiEC4k #nosgbv

Shireen Huq writes about Naripokkho (Bangladesh) http://bit.ly/IiELoj (excerpt) #nosgbv

Sunila Abeysekera—activist for women’s rights, civil rights, freedom of expression, peace. http://bit.ly/IiERwi #nosgbv

Indian feminists recall moments in women’s mvmt history: http://bit.ly/IiF2Yn And posters on violence: http://bit.ly/IiF2Yp #nosgbv

Seminar issue on challenges before Indian women’s mvmt: http://bit.ly/IiFgPe . And this by Samita Sen: http://bit.ly/IiFhCA #nosgbv

An India-wide listing of resources for women by India Together: http://bit.ly/IiFExe . And this one: http://bit.ly/IiFG8a #nosgbv

North East Network http://bit.ly/IiFQfL working since '95 on women’s rights, livelihoods, conflict & VAW http://bit.ly/IiFPs8 . #nosgbv

SNEHA Mumbai (http://bit.ly/IiFXYO ) runs a crisis line. Akshara has really good resource material here: http://bit.ly/p1cPfF . #nosgbv

Delhi helplines listed by Jagori: http://bit.ly/IiGiuG #nosgbv Also, listing of Delhi orgs working on VAW: http://bit.ly/IiGt96 

Swayam, Kolkata lists a helpline number: http://bit.ly/IiGDNH West Bengal resources for women & helplines: http://bit.ly/IiGBpc #nosgbv

Call for Help, our annually updated listing of Chennai helplines: http://bit.ly/plNdi0 Women Taking Action, http://bit.ly/IiGWbm #nosgbv

UN SpRapporteur on Human Rights Defenders on women defenders: http://bit.ly/IiIm5D ? http://bit.ly/IiIjXE #nosgbv