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November 7, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concerning Thailand

November 3, 2016 Dispatches

Good News for Child Protection in Malawi

Decision to Redefine Childhood Should Help Deter Child Marriage

A 14-year-old girl holds her baby at her sister’s home in a village in Kanduku, in Malawi’s Mwanza district. She married in September 2013, but her husband chased her away. Her 15-year-old sister, in the background, married when she was 12.

November 2, 2016 Dispatches

Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Put Right to Water at Center Stage

US Should Address Issues in North Dakota, Flint, and Beyond

Dakota Access Pipeline protesters square off against police near the Standing Rock Reservation and the pipeline route outside the little town of Saint Anthony, North Dakota, U.S., October 5, 2016.

November 2, 2016 Dispatches

Canada’s Feminist Prime Minister, One Year In

Will Justin Trudeau Fulfill his Promises to First Nations Women?

November 1, 2016 Dispatches

Positive Steps Taken in Defense of Boko Haram Victims

Nigeria’s President Pledged to Investigate Sexual Assault of Women Displaced by Militant Group

Women cook in pots heated up with firewood at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Dikwa in Borno State, north-eastern Nigeria, on February 2, 2016.

November 1, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concerning Nigeria

October 31, 2016 Report

Nigeria: Officials Abusing Displaced Women, Girls

Displaced by Boko Haram and Victims Twice Over

October 28, 2016 Letter

Morocco: Letter on Bill 103-13 Combatting Violence Against Women

October 27, 2016 Dispatches

Afghanistan’s Mysterious Vanishing Plan on Women and Peace Talks

Donors Should Press Kabul to Live Up to Commitments

A demonstrator attends a rally outside the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, Belgium, October 5, 2016.

October 27, 2016 Dispatches

Recorded ‘Honor’ Killings on the Rise in Jordan

Alarm Grows With 26 Murders So Far This Year

October 25, 2016 Commentary

Afghanistan: Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

DATE IMPORTED:October 05, 2016(Front Row L-R) Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani, European Council President Donald Tusk, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, U.S.

October 24, 2016 Commentary

The Secret Underbelly of the Cambodian Garment Industry

Women in the sewing division of a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Women constitute about 90 percent of the workforce in Cambodia’s garment industry.

October 20, 2016 Dispatches

Helping Haiti – Have Lessons Been Learned?

Plan Better to Prevent Problems in Hurricane’s Wake

October 14, 2016 Dispatches

Nigeria’s President Buhari Owes an Apology

Sexist Remarks Are No Joke

Kenya's Lands Minister and principal secretary in the Lands and Physical Planning Ministry welcome a group of women on October 13, 2016 who will climb Mount Kilimanjaro on October 14 as part of a campaign for land rights in Nairobi, Kenya.