Amnesty for Women

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Amnesty for Women is a women's rights organization that was founded in 1981 by Cheryl Benard and Edit Schlaffer in Vienna . Similar to Terre des Femmes , Amnesty for Women was founded because a deficit was seen in terms of engagement against human rights violations specifically because of the female gender.

The German branch of Amnesty for Women was founded in Hamburg in 1986 . According to their own information, their goals are “public relations, lobbying and grassroots work”.

literature

• Cornelia Kardel (Ed.): Amnesty for women. 10 years, 1986-1996 . Amnesty for Women, Hamburg 1996.

Web links

• Official website
• Article from the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit” from 1981 in which Chery Benard and Edit Schlaffer explain their motives for founding “Amnesty for Women”