Category Archives: Womens rights
Bahrain Continues Targeting Women Human Rights Defenders – A Briefing Of The Situation
Marking the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Bahrain Center... more
Bahraini Women Under 45 Restricted from Going on Hajj Without Male Guardians
Bahrain’s Ministry of Justice has issued new regulations deemed discriminatory against Bahraini women, which prevent... more
Women's groups accuse Bahrain of cutting funds on political grounds
Government slashes aid to 18 NGOs due to budget crisis and blocks foreign funding, leaving... more
March Champions for Justice: Bahrain's Imprisoned Women
Champions for Justice for March 2015 More than four years since the Bahrain government’s brutal... more
Bahrain: Ayat Al-Safar Still In Detention For Sheltering Wanted Suspects
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its concern as the Bahraini government continues to exploit... more
Bahrain: Mother and Her Child Detained On Freedom of Assembly Charges
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior continues to detain a mother and her premature son. –... more
Bahrain: Women targeted in mass arrests over “popular referendum”
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights... more
CEDAW: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Bahrain
Download the document here, or read the text below. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination... more
Beware of the Middle East's Fake Feminists
We’ve all heard the story before: those Arab dictators may be mad with power, but at least... more
Amnesty Int'l: Grand prix protestors tortured in Bahrain
Nafeesa al-‘Asfoor, a mother-of-two, was arrested along with Rayhana al-Mousawi on 20 April as they... more