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December 9, 2016 Dispatches

France’s Le Pen Calls for Foreign Children to be Denied Free Education

An Appalling Proposal by the Leader of the Far-Right National Front

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader, delivers a statement on U.S. election results at the party headquarters in Nanterre, France, November 9, 2016.
December 8, 2016 Commentary

How the EU Can Make Its Syria Aid Go Further

Wa’el, 13, and Fouad, 7, originally from Idlib, study outside their home in Jounieh. Their mother, Kawthar, 33, struggled to enroll them in school, and eventually withdrew them due to concerns about the quality of education and transportation costs of US$
December 7, 2016 Witness

Witness: A Teacher Unable to Protect LGBT Students

How US Laws Leave Educators Fearful, Students Vulnerable to Bullying

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December 7, 2016 News Release

United States: LGBT Students Face Discrimination

Bullying, Lack of Resources, Bigotry Create Hostile Environments

Josh Greer, a student who has been the target of bullying and discrimination in school, writes in his journal in his bedroom in Cache Country, UT, October 2016.
December 7, 2016 Dispatches

Ending Child Marriage Everywhere—Including in the West

US and European Countries Allow Too Many Children to Marry

One of a group of activists in wedding dresses, protesting in support of a bill to end child marriage in New Jersey United States, July 2016.
December 1, 2016 Dispatches

Stigma Around Periods Should End. Period

Woman’s death in a ‘menstruation hut’ in Nepal shines light on dangerous taboo

A chaupadi hut, in a family's yard, where female members of the family are obliged to sleep during their menstrual periods. Kailali district, western Nepal.
December 1, 2016 Dispatches

Huge Step Backwards on Child Marriage in Bangladesh

Parliament is the last hope for preventing legalized child marriage

Bangladesh: Child Marriage
December 1, 2016 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Central African Republic

74th plenary session

November 30, 2016 Letter

Submission on the Lebanon-EU Partnership Priorities and the EU-Lebanon Compact

November 29, 2016 News Release

Haiti: Stateless People Trapped in Poverty

Victims of Dominican Republic’s Arbitrary Deportations

A pregnant woman rests on the floor while attending a Sunday mass on the outskirts of Anse-a-Pitres, Haiti
November 28, 2016 Commentary

Why Are Children Suffering in Aleppo?

The atrocities during the last few months alone are almost too many to count.

MENA Syria Aleppo old city destruction October 2016
November 25, 2016 Commentary

Regulate small gold mines, too

Children pan for gold along the mercury-contaminated Bosigon River in Malaya, Camarines Norte.
November 25, 2016 News Release

Morocco: Drop Homosexuality Charges Against Teenage Girls

Could Face Three Years in Prison

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November 23, 2016 Commentary

Children of the Caliphate

What to Do About Kids Born Under ISIS

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November 22, 2016 Dispatches

Australia Expands ‘Control Orders’ on Children

Counterterrorism Measure Applies to 14-Year-Olds

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