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June 14, 2018

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School

Tens of thousands of pregnant girls and adolescent mothers are banned or discouraged from attending school across Africa. The African Union needs to work closely with all its member countries to ensure that no girl is denied her right to an education because she becomes pregnant.

Children's Rights

June 14, 2018 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School
Refugees and Migrants

August 13, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Europe’s Refugee Crisis – Has UK Forgotten the Past?

Iain Levine
Deputy Executive Director, Program
Refugee Rights

May 21, 2015 News Release

EU: Don’t Endanger Lives at Sea or Deny Protection

Reports More Reports

June 14, 2018

Leave No Girl Behind in Africa

Discrimination in Education against Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers
December 1, 2003

Policy Paralysis

A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against Women and Girls in Africa
April 1, 2003

Borderline Slavery

Child Trafficking In Togo

News

October 30, 2017 Letter

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Benin
March 10, 2016 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights
July 30, 2009 Statement

African Civil Society Urges African States Parties to the Rome Statute to Reaffirm Their Commitment to the ICC
December 9, 2008 Letter

European Union: Urgently Deploy a "Bridging" Force to North Kivu in the eastern DRC
March 11, 2008 Letter

Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism
July 2, 2003 Statement

President Bush's Trip to Africa
June 11, 2003 News Release

U.S. State Department Trafficking Report Undercut by Lack of Analysis
April 1, 2003 News Release

West Africa: Stop Trafficking in Child Labor

Daily Brief

July 17, 2018

International Criminal Court marks 20th anniversary of its founding; illegal land grabs from farmers in Myanmar; how to stop proposed US "gag rule" for doctors treating women; why potential end of Syria war brings new horrors for refugees; Lebanese authorities should investigate actor's torture claims; #MH17 victims' families still waiting for justice 4 years on; and Cambodia's "dirty dozen" - the army generals implicated in abuses.