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Women who act to promote or protect human rights and

all individuals who defend the human rights of women or work for
gender equality-collectively known as “women human rights
defenders” (WHRDs)1

The United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
reaffirms rights that are essential for WHRDs, including, freedom of

opinion and expression, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom
of association, the right to access funding and the right to develop
and discuss new ideas in the area of human rights.

Defenders also have the right to make complaints about
policies relating to human rights, to have such complaints reviewed

and to benefit from an effective remedy.
The Declaration “does not create new rights but instead
articulates existing rights in a way that makes it easier to apply

them to the practical role and situation of human rights defenders.”

Women Human Rights Defenders face similar risks as their

male counterparts. However, being women, they are more
vulnerable to being the target of intimidation and structural violence
based on gender and other sexual dimensions.

Often the work of women human rights defenders is perceived
as challenging and threatening to the conventional system of beliefs

and of the woman’s traditional role in the family and society.

การประกาศเกียรติยศผู้หญิงนักปกป้องสิทธิมนุษยชน ประจ�าปี ๒๕๖๒ ๘๑

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