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June 16, 2017

Africa: Make Girls’ Access to Education a Reality

Millions of pregnant and married adolescent girls across many African countries are being denied their education because of discriminatory policies and practices, Human Rights Watch said today, on the Day of the African Child.

Children's Rights

June 16, 2017 News Release

Africa: Make Girls’ Access to Education a Reality
Women's Rights

February 23, 2017 Dispatches

Malawi Amends Constitution to Remove Child Marriage Loophole

Annerieke Smaak
Senior Coordinator, Women's Rights Division
Environment

February 19, 2017 Dispatches

New Law Brings Malawi’s Mining Communities Hope

Katharina Rall
Researcher, Environment and Human Rights Division

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September 27, 2016 Video

Video: Mining Ruins Lives in Malawi
March 6, 2014 Video

Child Marriage: Malawi

Reports More Reports

September 27, 2016

“They Destroyed Everything”

Mining and Human Rights in Malawi
March 6, 2014

"I've Never Experienced Happiness"

Child Marriage in Malawi
December 1, 2003

Policy Paralysis

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

News

February 1, 2017 Dispatches

AU's 'ICC Withdrawal Strategy' Less than Meets the Eye

Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program
January 25, 2017 News Release

Malawi: Information Bill Aids Mining Communities
November 21, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Malawi
November 3, 2016 Dispatches

Good News for Child Protection in Malawi

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
November 2, 2016 Commentary

Africans Speak Out Against ICC Withdrawal

Sarah Rayzl Lansky
Senior Associate, International Justice Program
October 14, 2016 Dispatches

African Women Scale Heights in Land Rights Protest

Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
September 30, 2016 Commentary

The Failed Promise of Mining Embitters Malawians

Katharina Rall
Researcher, Environment and Human Rights Division

Published In: Mail & Guardian Africa
September 27, 2016 Witness

Witness: “The Mining Company Brought Me Problems”

Birgit Schwarz
Senior Press Officer
September 27, 2016 News Release

Malawi: Mining Puts Residents at Risk
December 21, 2015 News Release

Malawi: Moratorium on Anti-Gay Arrests Reaffirmed
December 15, 2015 Letter

Malawi: Letter to Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
December 9, 2015 News Release

Africa: Strengthen Steps to End Child Marriage

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World Report 2012

World Report 2012: Malawi

Lone Children Living in Fear In Greek Camps: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Lone children living in fear in Greek camps; Cameroon security forces accused of torture; Saudi miniskirt woman is freed; migrant deaths in the Mediterranean; Liu Xiaobo widow goes "incommunicado"; bride trafficking in China; Syrian men feared tortured and killed in Lebanon military custody; and who killed Ukraine's Pavel Sheremet?