What happens to Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse in Zimbabwe: Examining the Outcome of Cases heard at the Magistrate’s Court in Harare, Zimbabwe from 2013 to 2015 A recent publication by the Research and Advocacy Unit, an IANGEL partner organization in
Afghan Constitution Curriculum Development
On Saturday, November 14, 2015, the Duke Law Club of Northern California is partnering with IANGEL for a pro bono and volunteering opportunity to support IANGEL partner, Alliance for International Womens Rights (AIWR) with development of their curriculum on the Afghan Constitution.
International Women’s Rights Leadership Roundtable
International Women’s Rights Leadership Roundtable On October 28, 2015, the International Action Network for Gender Equity and Law (IANGEL) welcomed two distinguished Eisenhower Fellows, Eliane Fersan from Lebanon and Kudakwashe Chitsike from Zimbabwe and Lebanon for a conversation about the state
Hadeel Abdel Aziz
On Monday October 26th, 2015, IANGEL had the distinct pleasure of meeting with Ms. Hadeel Aziz, Executive Director of the Justice Center for Legal Aid (JCLA) in Jordan. The JCLA not only provides legal aid services to unrepresented clients who lack
Sexual Violence Overlooked in Case Against Hissene Habre
Sexual Violence Overlooked in Case Against Hissene Habre (TOKYO, Japan) by Catherine Born In partnership with 16 women’s rights organizations, IANGEL has signed an open letter to the President and the Chief Prosecutor of the Extraordinary African Chambers denouncing the scarce
Pro Bono Legal Services for Human Rights
IANGEL presents Pro Bono Services for Human Rights, by IANGEL President Nancy Newman, Advisory Board Member Shruti Rana, and IANGEL Network Attorney Mary Maloney Roberts. The paper is a call-to-action, asking law firms to revisit their definition of pro bono work to ensure
Pro Bono Spotlight: Sneha Shah
(New York, USA) by Irene Tait Sneha Shah is one of IANGEL’s newest pro bono attorneys, and we are very excited to have her! Several months ago, Sneha reached out to IANGEL via our website after interning with the U.N. High Commissioner
Collaborative Research with a Virtual Team
(Online, Worldwide) by Toan Do IANGEL provides support to the Czech Helsinki Committee’s efforts to enact legislation compensating victims of forced sterilization in the Czech Republic. In the mid-twentieth century, sterilization became an extremely common form of population control across the
Child Marriage in the SADC Region
The Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), an IANGEL partner organization in Zimbabwe, is an independent non-governmental organisation that fosters citizen agency through high quality research and advocacy. Their Executive Director, Kuda Chitsike, gave a briefing on child marriage in Zimbabwe
Women’s Rights and Customary Wrongs
IANGEL Board Member and Director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights, Tzili Mor, discusses the impact of the case that two Tanzanian widows brought before the UN. “The women ultimately took their case to the United Nations (UN), where they