Agnes Odhiambo
Agnes Odhiambo is a researcher with the women’s rights division of Human Rights Watch, where she investigates violations of women’s rights in sub-Saharan Africa. She currently focuses on maternal and reproductive health, violence against women, and child marriage. Since joining Human Rights Watch in 2009, Odhiambo has documented the human rights implications of obstetric fistula in Kenya, researched sexual violence affecting Somali women and girls in Kenyan refugee camps, investigated South Africa’s inadequate response to abuses against maternity patients by health workers, and documented the severe consequences of child and forced marriage in South Sudan and Malawi. Formerly, her work involved working with the media in Southern and Eastern Africa to promote women’s rights and provide a space for women’s voices, including through media monitoring, research, and training. Odhiambo has a master’s degree and a Ph.D., focusing on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the discourse of sexuality and gender, from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.
Articles Authored
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February 25, 2015
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October 11, 2014
Dispatches: Promoting Gender Equality in Malawi
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July 18, 2014
Ending Child Marriage Starts by Knowing What Works
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October 10, 2013
Why Keeping Girls in School Can Help South Sudan
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August 20, 2013
Kenya: When Childbirth Leads to Disability and Despair
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Reports Authored
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Leave No Girl Behind in Africa
Discrimination in Education against Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers
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“I Just Sit and Wait to Die”
Reparations for Survivors of Kenya’s 2007-2008 Post-Election Sexual Violence
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