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March 6, 2017 Dispatches

Millions of Children Still Out of School

Governments Failing to Live Up to Education Commitments

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February 24, 2017 Commentary

Japan Moves to Curb LGBT Bullying

Inclusive New Policy Will Save Lives, Improve Education

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February 22, 2017 News Release

Armenia: Children Isolated, Needlessly Separated from Families

Close Orphanages; Ensure Accessible Services, Education for All

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February 17, 2017 Dispatches

South Korea Backslides on Sex Education

Excluding LGBT Topics From Curriculum Risks Health, Education

February 15, 2017 Commentary

Tanzania Policy of Kicking Pregnant Girls out of School is Shameful

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February 14, 2017 News Release

Tanzania: 1.5 Million Adolescents Not in School

Government Policies Undermine Move for Free Secondary Education

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February 14, 2017 Interview

‘What Is My Future After This?’

Secondary Education Inaccessible for Many Children in Tanzania

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February 13, 2017 News Release

North Korea: End Rampant Forced Child Labor

Submission to UN Children’s Committee Highlights Exploitation, Abuse

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February 13, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

February 13, 2017 Commentary

Harassment Is Denying Refugee Children on Nauru an Education

Children sent to Nauru by Australia for “offshore processing,” August 2016. Parents and children reported that students from families of refugees and asylum seekers are frequently bullied by Nauruan students.
February 13, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Mass Forced Returns of Afghan Refugees

UN Refugee Agency Complicit in Government Coercion

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February 9, 2017 Dispatches

Migrant Children Turned Away from Schools in Russia

Denying Access to Education on Lack of Residency Status is Illegal

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February 8, 2017 News Release

UN: North Korea Exploiting Children

Forced Labor and Discrimination Will Top Child Rights Committee Briefing

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February 2, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine Education Department Says No to Condoms

Setback for Efforts to Curb Fast-Growing HIV Epidemic

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February 1, 2017 Dispatches

South Dakota Lawmakers Withdraw Bill Targeting Transgender Youth

Other States Should Abandon Discriminatory Proposals

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