The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) has launched a Global Report on the Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) to advance the recognition of WHRDs, the violence and human rights violations they face, and the contexts that enable these violations.

The Global Report provides a contextual analysis of the environment in which WHRDs work and the violations they face because of their gender and/or work defending women's rights and sexual rights. It places WHRDs' analysis of their own experience at the heart of the inquiry, drawing upon 43 case studies that illuminate specific trends and experiences of WHRDs.

Coming at a time when WHRDs have received little attention in the human rights arena, the Global Report on the Situation of WHRDs will play a crucial role in advancing recognition of WHRDs.

The report is available to download from the website: www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org

PBI is a member of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC), a resource and advocacy network for the protection and support of women human rights defenders worldwide.