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    Sur 30 – Letter to the readers

    - Letter to the readers -

    I’m a human rights defender.

    Ishtar Lakhani - South Africa

    - Essays -

    What’s your superpower?

    “For me, being a human rights defender is rewarding, but it is also an act of courage”

    Indyra Mendoza - Honduras

    - Essays -

    Interview

    “Being a leader, a woman and indigenous: three challenges, three barriers”

    Angela Amanakwa Kaxuyana - Brazil

    - Essays -

    Sewing struggles, narratives and memory

    - Images -

    Building peace

    Rojava Information Center - Siria

    - Essays -

    An interview with the women of North and East Syria’s Women’s House

    The Indigenous Guard and the defence of human rights

    - Colombia

    - Essays -

    An experience from Colombia

    Human Rights Defenders: a journey

    - Infographics -

    The Minnesota Method for Human Rights Change

    Todd Howland

    Shelby Ankrom

    Gonxhe Kandri

    Paul Olubayo

    Hannah Shireman

    Alli Strong-Martin

    Amelia Shindelar - U.S.

    - Essays -

    Putting Theories of Change into Practice

    Protection, self-care and the safety of human rights defenders

    Simone Cruz - Brazil

    Jelena Dordevic - Serbia - Brazil

    - Essays -

    A perspective of feminists and black women

    Under attack but fighting back

    Débora Leão - Brazil

    Marianna Belalba Barreto - Venezuela

    - Essays -

    Human rights defenders and civic space

    Responsible sourcing

    Ali Hines - U.K.

    - Essays -

    How businesses can protect land and environmental defenders and indigenous communities’ rights to land and resources

    Two steps forward, one step back

    Ashvini Rae - U.K.

    - Essays -

    Does social media help or harm Indian Women Human Rights Defenders?

    When the Defenders are Silenced

    Madeleine Sinclair - U.S.

    - Essays -

    Addressing the Impact of Intimidation on Engagement with the UN Human Rights System

    A dream of a new police force

    Coronel Íbis Silva Pereira - Brazil

    - Essays -

    Women activists in the field of human rights and business

    Amanda Romero Medina - Colombia

    Júlia Mello Neiva - Brazil

    - Essays -

    Voices of two activists from Brazil and Colombia

    From Self-care to Collective Care

    Lisa Chamberlain - South Africa

    - Essays -

    Institutionalising self-care to build organisational resilience and advance sustainable human rights work

    Iêda Leal: “Our bodies are targets”

    Luiz Franco - Brazil

    - Essays -

    Lessons learned in the anti-racist struggle to defend human rights

    Covid-19, the economy and human rights

    Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky - Argentina

    - Essays -

    Inequality is not a virus, but a political choice

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