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Human Rights Watch Work on Women's Status in the Family and Legal Status Women and HIV/AIDS By Nada Ali Published in The Post The Human Rights Council reviewed Zambia’s report under its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism in Geneva last Friday (9 May), and adoption of the report took place this week on Wednesday (14 May). Here in Lusaka, women, including those who describe themselves as “living positively,” are struggling to come out of the shadows that still obstruct the government’s efforts to fight HIV/AIDS. May 16, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of Zambia Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council In Zambia, where 17 percent of the adult population is living with HIV/AIDS, women face grave gender-based abuses, in particular domestic violence, which hinder their ability to access or continue using life-saving HIV treatment. Despite Zambia’s impressive roll-out of HIV treatment, the country’s health system and legal framework fail to address these barriers to women’s HIV treatment and as a result, some women living with HIV miss out on life-saving HIV treatment. May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Saudi Arabia: Male Guardianship Policies Harm Women Sex Segregation Keeps Women Out of Public Life Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship of women and policies of sex segregation stop women from enjoying their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Saudi women often must obtain permission from a guardian (a father, husband, or even a son) to work, travel, study, marry, or even access health care April 21, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Perpetual Minors Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-307-2 April 20, 2008 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 357 KB, 52 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Justice should Stop Targeting Rape Victim Appeals Court Judge Should be Barred from Case The Saudi Ministry of Justice should immediately stop publishing statements aimed at damaging the reputation of a young Saudi rape victim who spoke out publicly about her ordeal and her efforts to find justice, Human Rights Watch said today. November 29, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Saudi Arabia: Rape Victim Punished for Speaking Out Court Doubles Sentence for Victim, Bans Her Lawyer From the Case A court in Saudi Arabia doubled its sentence of lashings for a rape victim who had spoken out in public about her case and her efforts to seek justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court also harassed her lawyer, banning him from the case and confiscating his professional license. November 16, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version SADC Gender and Development Protocol: How it can Save Lives By Nada Ali, Women's Rights Division Africa researcher Published in Zambia Daily Mail TODAY, the heads of state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meet in Lusaka to discuss – among other issues – a key weapon in the war on poverty and disease: women’s equality. August 16, 2007 Commentary Printer friendly version Pakistan: Reform Hudood Laws Now Government Must Honor Pledge to Table Women’s Protection Bill The Pakistani government must honor its pledge to amend the controversial Hudood Ordinances by removing some of its most discriminatory and dangerous provisions, Human Rights Watch said today. November 14, 2006 Press Release 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 Kyrgyzstan: Bride-Kidnapping, Domestic Abuse Rampant Despite Progressive Laws, Violence Against Women Goes Unpunished Kyrgyzstan’s government is allowing domestic violence and the abduction of women for forced marriage to continue with impunity, Human Rights Watch said today in its first report on human rights violations in this Central Asian country. September 27, 2006 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version 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 Libya: Women, Girls Locked Up Indefinitely Without Charge ‘Protective’ Facilities Serve as Places of Arbitrary Punishment The Libyan government is arbitrarily detaining women and girls indefinitely in “social rehabilitation” facilities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Officially portrayed as protective homes for women and girls “vulnerable to engaging in moral misconduct,” these facilities are de facto prisons. February 27, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter: Iraqi Constitution Must Not Erode Women’s Rights Letter to the Chair of the Constitutional Drafting Committee Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned by recent reports that provisions of the constitution currently being drafted may erode some of the rights Iraqi women have worked so hard to establish, and in fact may violate international law on women’s human rights. July 28, 2005 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Iraq: Iraqi Constitution Must Not Erode Women’s Rights Iraq’s permanent constitution should not erode the rights of women, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the chairman of the constitutional drafting committee. The committee is due to transfer the draft constitution to the Iraqi National Assembly by August 15 for debate and approval. July 28, 2005 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Argentina: Limits on Birth Control Threaten Human Rights Barriers to Contraceptives and Abortion Cause Severe Health Consequences Argentina’s restrictions on access to contraceptives and abortion threaten women’s fundamental rights to life, health and equality. June 15, 2005 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version 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
The hidden costs of the DRB By Janet Walsh Published in Daily Monitor The Domestic Relations Bill, which has languished in the Uganda Parliament for more than a decade, would afford women and girls greater equality in matters relating to marriage, divorce and family property. Importantly, it would also criminalise marital rape. Debate on the bill was scheduled for May, but has been postponed until this month. June 7, 2005 Commentary Printer friendly version Uganda: Domestic Relations Bill Would Save Lives Contested Bill Would Criminalize Marital Rape, Help Combat HIV/AIDS Legislation on marital rape and equality in the family could save the lives of countless women and girls, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the speaker of Uganda’s Parliament. The letter urged the Ugandan parliament to debate the long-pending Domestic Relations Bill in the current session of parliament, and to enact and implement this legislation. May 31, 2005 Press Release Printer friendly version Urge African Governments to Ratify Women’s Rights Protocol African women’s rights organizations are leading an innovative and energetic campaign to get more countries to ratify the protocol. Show your solidarity with them by writing to African heads of state to urge them to ratify the protocol. March 21, 2005 Campaign Document A Dose of Reality Women’s Rights in the Fight against HIV/AIDS Governments around the world have done far too little to combat the entrenched, chronic abuses of women’s and girls’ human rights that put them at risk of HIV. Misguided HIV/AIDS programs and policies, such as those emphasizing abstinence until marriage, ignore the brutal realities many women and girls face. By failing to enact and effectively enforce laws on domestic violence, marital rape, women’s equal property rights, and sexual abuse of girls, and by tolerating customs and traditions that subordinate women, governments are enabling HIV/AIDS to continue claiming the lives of women and girls. Human Rights Watch has interviewed hundreds of women and girls living with HIV around the world. This briefing paper focuses on the links between HIV/AIDS and abuses of women’s and girls’ human rights. March 21, 2005 Background Briefing Also available in
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