Skye Wheeler
As emergencies researcher for the Women’s Rights Division, Skye Wheeler monitors and documents women’s rights abuses during human rights crises including situations of armed conflict and attacks on civilians, mass displacement and crisis following disasters. Associated areas of research include ending obstructions to sexual and reproductive healthcare in conflicts and humanitarian settings. Previously, Skye worked as a researcher for the Africa Division monitoring, investigating and documenting human rights in Sudan and South Sudan. Before joining Human Rights Watch in February 2013, she worked for OXFAM and as a journalist for a range of outlets including Thomson Reuters. Skye Wheeler is currently researching the impact of extreme weather events like hurricanes, flooding and forest fires—worsened by global warming—on women and girls, especially from poor and marginalized communities.
Articles Authored
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April 20, 2021
US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action
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February 8, 2021
US Pregnancy Health Bill Package Recognizes Climate Change Threat
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December 3, 2020
US Heat Deaths Among Older People Rising
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November 17, 2020
Bad News for the US on World Prematurity Day
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October 23, 2020
US: Heat Emergency Plans Missing Pregnancy, Racial Justice
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October 1, 2020
New US Bill Would Help People Working in Dangerous Heat
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Reports Authored
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US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action
Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable
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US: Heat Emergency Plans Missing Pregnancy, Racial Justice
Cities, Federal Agencies, Should Broaden Responses to Climate Change
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“No Control, No Choice”
Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Sudan’s Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan
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“They Burned it All”
Destruction of Villages, Killings, and Sexual Violence in Unity State South Sudan