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August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Mauritania

69th Pre-Session

July 1, 2021 Report

Germany: Inaction on Heat Plans Threatens Health

Pregnancy Risks Left Out of Climate Change Planning

A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella on a hot summer day in Cologne, Germany, July 25, 2019.

May 6, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Health Care for Women Hit by Aid Cuts

Dropping Donor Support Threatens Essential Services

A new mother holds her hour-old baby in the maternity ward at Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 2020. She had travelled from neighboring Laghman province to give birth at the hospital. On May 12, 2020, unidentified gunmen attacked the hospital’s maternity ward, killing 24 people, including 16 mothers, 2 children, and a midwife. Three new mothers were killed in the delivery room. Another 20 people, including babies, were injured in the four-hour attack. Ongoing security concerns have lef

March 4, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the United Arab Emirates

80th Pre-Session

March 4, 2021 News Release

UAE: Greater Progress Needed on Women's Rights

Significant Discrimination Against Women, Girls in Law and Practice

A foreign domestic worker with a child under a billboard in the United Arab Emirates.

February 12, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Mauritania

80th Pre-session

October 21, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Morocco

79th Pre-Session

October 13, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Egypt

79th Pre-Session

July 8, 2020 Commentary

Pregnancy Risks Rise with Extreme Heat, But Public Health Info is Lacking

A pregnant African-American woman sits on a bench in a black and white photo

July 8, 2020 News Release

US: Alabama Missing Ways to Improve Young People’s Health

Comprehensive Sex Ed, HPV Vaccine Can Reduce Preventable Deaths

May 12, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Kuwait

87th Pre-Session

April 8, 2020 Statement

Joint Civil Society Statement: European governments must ensure safe and timely access to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic

April 8, 2020 News Release

Europe: Abortion Curbs Endanger Women, Girls in Pandemic

Measures Urgently Needed to Safeguard Access in the Region

March 6, 2020 News Release

Governments Should Fulfill Women’s Rights Pledges

Entrenched Discrimination, Violence Mar Gains 25 Years after Beijing