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May 26, 2022 Interview

Interview: How Turkey’s Failure to Protect Women Can Cost Them Their Lives

Authorities Need To Act To Prevent Femicides

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April 7, 2022 Statement

Submission to the Committee Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Punishment Ahead of the Review of the Republic of Iraq

73rd Session: March 2022

March 16, 2022 Commentary

The Forest Behind the Trees: Exploring Family Violence in Tunisia

A woman walking on the street in Zarziss, Tunisia.

January 28, 2022 Statement

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Uzbekistan

71st Session

November 24, 2021 Report

South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors

Improve Shelter Funding; Increase Access for Sex Workers, LGBT, Undocumented Survivors

General view during the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) protest march organized by the Office of The Premier in collaboration with Phepha Foundation on April 26, 2021 in Durban, South Africa.

September 29, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Review of Kyrgyzstan

80th Session

September 24, 2021 Dispatches

Afghan Women Fleeing Violence Lose Vital Protection

For Survivors of Abuse, Shelters Offered Lifeline

Afghan women sew in their bedroom at a women's shelter in Kabul, March 20, 2017. A non-descript building tucked away in a residential neighborhood is one of the few hidden sanctuaries where battered women can seek support.

September 15, 2021 News Release

Greece: Dangerous Custody Law to Take Effect

Lack of Protections Puts Women, Children at Risk

Protesters in Athens, Greece on March 27, 2021 stand outside the Greek Parliament displaying a banner that reads “your sexism is harming both mother and child” against a new law that introduces presumptive co-custody of children, even in cases of domestic violence.

September 14, 2021 Statement

HRW submission to the Home Office of the Government of the UK

Open Consultation on Domestic Abuse Act statutory guidance

June 4, 2021 Dispatches

France Moves Closer to Ratifying Workplace Harassment Treaty

Parliament Should Support Ratification and Improve Protections in National Law

Women demonstrate and march for “First of Chores” on International Day

May 6, 2021 News Release

Greece: Custody Bill Puts Women, Children at Risk

Reject Proposed Legal Changes; Improve Protections for Abuse Victims

Protest outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on March 27, 2021 against a bill that would introduce compulsory equal joint custody of children in cases of separation or divorce.

March 31, 2021 Report

Poland: Escalating Threats to Women Activists

Investigate, Protect Rights Defenders, End Hateful Rhetoric

Protesters hold a banner of Strajk Kobiet (Women's Strike) during a protest in Warsaw on March 8, International Women's Day, organized by the Women's Strike (Strajk Kobiet) against the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the decision of the Constitutional Court.

March 29, 2021 News Release

Qatar: Male Guardianship Severely Curtails Women’s Rights

Discriminatory Restrictions Affect Independence to Marry, Study, Work, Travel

Women fly a kite in a park next to a body of water

March 19, 2021 Background Briefing

Human Rights Watch Submission to the House of the Lords

Briefing on the Need for Urgent Amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill November 2, 2020