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Campaigns    Beijing+5: Stop Violence Against Women Now  Campaign Against the Trafficking Of Women and Girls  Sex Discrimination in Mexican Maquiladoras  ...more Campaigns Publications OWED JUSTICE: Thai Women Trafficked into Debt Bondage in Japan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Kosovo: Rape As A Weapon of "Ethnic Cleansing Crime Or Custom? Violence Against Women in Pakistan Women's Human Rights Section of the World Report A Job or Your Rights: Continued Sex Discrimination in Mexico’s Maquiladora Sector The Human Rights Watch Global Report on Women's Human Rights (1995) Recent Publications Backgrounders What Will It Take? Stopping Violence Against Women: A Challenge to Governments Peru: Law of Protection from Family Violence