Letter to Sister: Power to WHRD in Prison

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC), along with its members and partners, is delighted to invite you to a session titled "Letter to Sister: Power to WHRD in Prison" at the AWID Forum 2024.

📅 Date: December 2, 2024
⏰ Time: 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM
📍 Venue: ACE Room 119, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC), Bangkok, Thailand

About the Event

This public participatory installation is a heartfelt effort to send love, power and strength to Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) in prison.

During the session, we will:

• Share the stories of 30 WHRDs from around the world, gathered by WHRDIC members and partners.
• Write letters of support to WHRDs, expressing solidarity and care.
• Compile these messages into a notebook, which can also be used as a personal journal.

This collective act symbolises our movements' unwavering commitment to the fight for the freedom of all imprisoned WHRDs.

Part of the "Spreading The Echo" Campaign

This event is part of the WHRDIC’s annual campaign, "Spreading The Echo", which seeks to highlight the stories of WHRDs imprisoned for their human rights work and activism, call for their freedom, demand justice and foster global solidarity. Follow @WHRDIC for updates and posts about the campaign!

This year's campaign is organised in partnership with the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development; FEMENA; Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development; Front Line Defenders; Gulf Centre for Human Rights; IM-Defensoras; Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in Southwest Asia and North Africa; Tanggol Bayi - Philippines; Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights and World Organisation Against Torture.

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