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April 7, 2025 News Release

Romania: Dangerous Rollback of Reproductive Rights

Access to Abortion, Contraception, Sexuality Education Increasingly Blocked

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April 5, 2025 Dispatches

US Health Funding Freeze Harms Low-Income Households

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March 25, 2025 News Release

FIFA: Recognize, Support Afghan Women's Team in Exile

New Report Details Afghan Women Footballers’ Fight for Right to Play

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March 24, 2025 News Release

Germany: Social Security Failing to Protect Rights

New Government Should Act to Address Poverty, Gender Inequality

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March 18, 2025 Dispatches

Canada Cuts Gender Equality Minister

As Dangerous Backlash Intensifies, Canada Should Support Women’s Rights

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March 11, 2025 Commentary

Japan Needs to Stop Its Retaliation Against UN Women's Rights Committee

Tokyo Shouldn’t Align with China and US in Attacking Global Rights System

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Iraq: Personal Status Law Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights

Some Improvements from Original Draft, but Still Problematic

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March 7, 2025 Dispatches

Azerbaijan’s Imprisoned Women Journalists

Authorities Should Drop Bogus Charges and Release Unjustly Jailed Reporters

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March 7, 2025 News Release

Cricket Council: Address Taliban Ban on Women Athletes

Permit Afghanistan Women’s National Team in Exile to Play

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March 7, 2025 Letter

Letter to International Cricket Council

Regarding Suspending the Afghanistan Cricket Board and Implementing a Human Rights Policy

March 7, 2025 Dispatches

Celebrating Afghan Women’s Achievements

Relentless Advocacy Propels Legal Challenges to Taliban Abuses

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March 7, 2025 Interview

The State of Women’s Rights

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March 5, 2025 Dispatches

South Korea Should End Workplace Harassment for All Workers

Death of Oh Yoanna Highlights Gaps in the Law

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March 4, 2025 Letter

Joint Civil Society Statement on the Legal Initiative to Hold Afghanistan Accountable for Violations of The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

February 18, 2025 News Release

Guatemala: Failed Response to Sexual Violence Against Girls

Inadequate Health Care, Education, Social Security, Justice for Young Survivors

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