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Publications Perpetual Minors Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia
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Download PDF, 357 KB, 52 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Five Years On No Justice for Sexual Violence in Darfur
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Download PDF, 540 KB, 48 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release On the Margins of Profit Rights at Risk in the Global Economy
HRW Index No.: G2003 February 19, 2008 Report Download PDF, 1100 KB, 54 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Hidden in the Mealie Meal Gender-Based Abuses and Women’s HIV Treatment in Zambia
HRW Index No.: A1918 December 18, 2007 Report Download PDF, 692 KB, 98 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Exported and Exposed Abuses against Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates
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Download PDF, 905 KB, 133 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Over Their Dead Bodies Denial of Access to Emergency Obstetric Care and Therapeutic Abortion in Nicaragua This 18-page report documents how this ban on abortion has made women afraid to seek even legal health services. Fearing prosecution under the new law, doctors are unwilling to provide necessary care. The report is based on interviews with officials, doctors from the public and private health systems, women in need of health services, and family members of women who died as a result of the ban. HRW Index No.: B1902 October 2, 2007 Report Also available in 
Download PDF, 130 KB, 18 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release "My Heart Is Cut" Sexual Violence by Rebels and Pro-Government Forces in Côte d’Ivoire
HRW Index No.: A1911 August 2, 2007 Report Also available in 
Download PDF, 481 KB, 135 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Bottom of the Ladder Exploitation and Abuse of Girl Domestic Workers in Guinea
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Download PDF, 414 KB, 104 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Violence against Child Domestic Workers Violence against Child Domestic Workers Physical Abuse Sexual Harassment and Assault Psychological Abuse Forced Labor Trafficking Recommendations February 20, 2007 Background Briefing Printer friendly version A Question of Security Violence against Palestinian Women and Girls This 101-page report, based on field research conducted in the West Bank and Gaza in November 2005 and early 2006, documents dozens of cases of violence ranging from spousal and child abuse to rape, incest and murders committed under the guise of family “honor.” There is increasing recognition of the problem, and some PA officials have indicated their support for a more vigorous government response, but the PA has taken little action to prevent these abuses. As a result, violence against women and girls is often unreported, and even when it is, it usually goes unpunished. HRW Index No.: E1708 November 7, 2006 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 637 KB, 103 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Reconciled to Violence State Failure to Stop Domestic Abuse and Abduction of Women in Kyrgyzstan This 140-page report concludes that although Kyrgyzstan has progressive laws on violence against women, police and other authorities fail to implement them. As a result, women remain in danger and without access to justice. Based on in-depth, firsthand interviews with victims of violence, the report tells the stories of women who have been kicked, strangled, beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted by their husbands. The report also tracks what happens when women seek help from the authorities. Instead of attaining safety and access to justice, they are encouraged to reconcile with their abusers. HRW Index No.: D1809 September 27, 2006 Report Download PDF, 499 KB, 144 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Custody and Control Conditions of Confinement in New York’s Juvenile Prisons for Girls This 136-page report provides an in-depth look at the abuses and neglect suffered by girls confined in two remote New York State juvenile facilities known as Tryon and Lansing. The facilities are operated by the New York Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and are the only two higher-security facilities in New York State holding girls. HRW Index No.: G1804 September 25, 2006 Report Download PDF, 1400 KB, 136 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Swept Under the Rug Abuses against Domestic Workers Around the World
HRW Index No.: C1807 July 26, 2006 Report Download PDF, 470 KB, 95 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Mexico: The Second Assault Obstructing Access to Legal Abortion after Rape in Mexico This 92-page report details the disrespect, suspicion and apathy that pregnant rape victims encounter from public prosecutors and health workers. The report also exposes continuing and pervasive impunity for rape and other forms of sexual violence in states throughout Mexico. HRW Index No.: B1801 March 7, 2006 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 486 KB, 94 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Libya: A Threat to Society? Arbitrary Detention of Women and Girls for “Social Rehabilitation” This 40-page report documents numerous and serious human rights abuses that women and girls suffer in "social rehabilitation" facilities in Libya. These include violations of their rights to liberty, freedom of movement, personal dignity, privacy and due process. Libyan authorities are holding many women and girls in these facilities who have committed no crime, or who have completed a sentence. Some are there for no reason other than that they were raped, and are now ostracized for staining their families’ “honor.” Officials transferred the majority of these women and girls to these facilities against their will, while those who came voluntarily did so because no genuine shelters for victims of violence exist in Libya. HRW Index No.: E1802 February 28, 2006 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 319 KB, 41 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Inside the Home, Outside the Law Abuse of Child Domestic Workers in Morocco This 60-page report documents cases of girls as young as five working 100 or more hours per week, without rest breaks or days off, for as little as six and a half Moroccan dirhams (about 70 U.S. cents) a day. Current and former child domestics describe frequent physical and verbal abuse, denial of education and of adequate food and medical care, and sexual harassment by employers or their relatives. Some domestics said that employers forced them to work against their will by beating them, locking them indoors, or refusing to pay those who wanted to quit. HRW Index No.: E1712 December 20, 2005 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 428 KB, 60 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Maid to Order Ending Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore
HRW Index No.: C1710 December 7, 2005 Report Download PDF, 614 KB, 126 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Campaigning against Fear: Women’s Participation in Afghanistan’s 2005 Elections This document is based on dozens of interviews with women candidates and election workers during the past month. Human Rights Watch details the challenges confronting Afghanistan’s 582 women candidates, who make up approximately 10 percent of the total 5,800 candidates. August 17, 2005 Background Briefing Printer friendly version Decisions Denied Women’s Access to Contraceptives and Abortion in Argentina Decisions about contraception and abortion are difficult, deeply personal, and sometimes wrenching. In Argentina, women are routinely prevented from making such decisions. Despite important advances in the area of women’s political participation and economic independence, doctors and spouses continue to exercise control over women’s reproductive health through laws and policies that subject female decision-making to arbitrary extraneous interference. HRW Index No.: B1701 June 15, 2005 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 418 KB, 87 pgs Purchase online Decisions Denied: Women’s Access to Contraceptives and Abortion in Argentina Women in Argentina face arbitrary and discriminatory restrictions on their reproductive decisions and access to contraceptives and abortion. As a result, many women must choose between an unwanted or dangerous pregnancy and birth or an illegal and unsafe abortion that might seriously injure or even kill them. June 15, 2005 Background Briefing Also available in 
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