Human Rights Blog

Labour, for ‘Bread and Roses’

May 24, 2024 - Anita Cheria, NHRF's local consultant in India

NHRF's grantee partner, the Archana Women's Centre (AWC) in Kerala, India, works on the empowerment of women in labour. For Thressiamma the founder of AWC, the main challenge is the release of women from the patriarchal mindset. The extensive work covers trainings, creating opportunities and cooperative societies. AWC’s work has demonstrated the importance of financial independence on women’s lives.

Indonesian President Widodo’s expression of regret for past atrocities: a step forward while the demand for truth and justice remains

Jun 19, 2023 - Papang Hidayat, NHRF’s local consultant in Indonesia

The NHRF currently supports six grantee partners in Indonesia out of which two of them work on access to justice for families that experienced enforced disappearances and other systemic human rights violations that occurred in Indonesia. Read more about their work, the challenges they face and the government’s response to their demands in this blog written by NHRF’s local consultant in Indonesia. You can also find a video illustrating the work of one of our grantee partners, which advocates for the rights of victims and survivors.

Pakistan Floods: the importance of building back better

Nov 08, 2022 - Zulfiqar Shah, NHRF’s local consultant in Pakistan

"The new infrastructure must not only be climate sensitive and climate resilient, but also be constructed in a participatory manner taking into consideration the local needs", says Zulfiqar Shah, our local consultant in Pakistan.

From Brasov to Bedford Stuyvesant and back

Oct 15, 2021 - Edwin Rekosh, Co-Founder of Rights CoLab

At Rights CoLab, we aim to facilitate collaboration on civil society innovation to advance human rights.

Pakistan’s proposed media law: A threat to the freedom of the press

Sep 28, 2021 - Zulfiqar Shah, human rights and labour rights expert, and NHRF's local consultant in Pakistan.

Earlier this September, Pakistani media workers - including journalists, bloggers, vloggers and editors of newspapers and TV channels - boycotted the joint session of the Parliament in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, where the new law curbing freedom of the press would be discussed.

Discourses on Sustainable Development: Perspectives of defenders in environmental conflicts

Sep 16, 2021 - Lorena Schwab De La O, Maestría en la teoría y práctica de los derechos humanos y previa pasantía en el FNDH

There is no doubt that to mitigate climate change and ensure the existence and health of future generations, it is necessary to join efforts and transform the ways we produce energy.