Minky Worden
As Human Rights Watch's Director of Global Initiatives, Minky Worden develops and implements international outreach and advocacy campaigns. She previously served as Human Rights Watch's Media Director, working with the world’s journalists to help them cover crises, wars, human rights abuses and political developments in some 90 countries worldwide. Worden has taught as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) since 2013. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Worden lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee and worked at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as a speechwriter for the U.S. Attorney General and in the Executive Office for US Attorneys. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Worden speaks Cantonese and German, and is an elected member of the Overseas Press Club's Board of Governors. She is the editor of The Unfinished Revolution (Seven Stories Press, 2012) and China's Great Leap (Seven Stories Press, 2008), and the co-editor of Torture (New Press, 2005).
Articles Authored
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March 17, 2023
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December 16, 2022
FIFA’s ‘Best World Cup Ever’ Came at Migrant Workers’ Loss
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December 8, 2022
Qatar and FIFA’s Callous Response to a Migrant Worker’s Death
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November 30, 2022
Qatar World Cup Chief Publicly Admits High Migrant Death Tolls
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November 2, 2022
Why is Qatar Opposing a Remedy Fund for Migrant Workers?
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September 21, 2022
Athletes, Fans Demand Remedy for Migrant Worker Abuses in Qatar
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August 23, 2022
The World Cup is Exciting, Lucrative, and Deadly
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August 12, 2022
Momentum Grows for FIFA to Remedy Migrant Worker Abuses in Qatar