
Heather Barr
Heather Barr is a senior researcher on women’s rights at Human Rights Watch. She has done research in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, and Papua New Guinea, on issues including child marriage, girls’ education, violence against women, refugee and prisoners’ rights, and trafficking.
She joined Human Rights Watch in 2011 as the Afghanistan researcher, after working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and Burundi. After law school she litigated for discharge planning for prisoners with psychosocial disabilities in New York City, and founded an alternative-to-incarceration program. Before law school, she worked with homeless women. She is a graduate of London School of Economics, Columbia Law School, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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“I Won’t Be a Doctor, and One Day You’ll Be Sick”
Girls’ Access to Education in Afghanistan
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“Our Time to Sing and Play”
Child Marriage in Nepal
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Bashed Up
Family Violence in Papua New Guinea
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Marry Before Your House is Swept Away
Child Marriage in Bangladesh
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Unwelcome Guests
Iran’s Violation of Afghan Refugee and Migrant Rights
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“I Had To Run Away”
The Imprisonment of Women and Girls for “Moral Crimes” in Afghanistan