Women journalists who were killed for their human rights activities

Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) on the occasion of May 3 –  International Press Freedom Day – represented 21 women journalists who have become famous due to their human rights activities worldwide. 17 of them were killed for it…

For more details about the life and activities you can visit AWID website here.

The organization announced that in 2015 only 31 women human rights defenders have been killed around the world because of their activities. 7 of them were journalists, 14 – human rights defenders and,  2 – lawyers, 6 – defenders of LGBT persons and 2 –  the rights of sexual services providers.

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