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September 16, 2016 News Release

Educating Refugee Children in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan

Maya, 9, reads a school textbook in her family home. She enjoys attending her local public school in izmir, on turkey’s west coast, where she is one of four Syrian students in her class.
September 16, 2016 Report

Education for Syrian Refugee Children: What Donors and Host Countries Should Do

Maya, 9, reads a school textbook in her family home. She enjoys attending her local public school in izmir, on turkey’s west coast, where she is one of four Syrian students in her class.
September 15, 2016 Commentary

Refugee Education Crisis Requires a Global Employment Strategy

Bara’a, 10, originally from Ghouta, Syria, leaves for school from her informal refugee camp in Mount Lebanon.
September 14, 2016 News Release

United States: Transgender Students at Risk

Schools Limit Access to Bathrooms, Locker Rooms

Students hold stickers about to be placed on a new all-gender bathroom as members of the cheer squad applaud at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, WA on May 17, 2016.
September 13, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning Nauru

September 6, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Lebanon

September 1, 2016 Dispatches

Attack in Afghanistan Shutters its School for the Blind

Insurgent Attack Destroyed Braille Printing Press, Classrooms

Damage from shrapnel is seen on the walls and locked garage doors at the Vocational High School for the Blind in Kabul, following an attack on August 25, 2016 that left the school closed.
September 1, 2016 Dispatches

Serbian Children with Disabilities Left Out of School

Government Should Implement Law Providing for Inclusive Education

A living room in Veternik Institution where children and adults with disabilities spend most of their days. There are no toys, education materials, or carpets on the floor. The only available source of stimulation is a TV attached to the wall.
August 29, 2016 Commentary

Indonesia Religious Discrimination Harms Education Rights

A sign on an Ahmadiyah mosque in South Jakarta, Indonesia reads, "This building is sealed due to inappropriate usage." The mosque was closed by government authorities in July 2015.
August 22, 2016 News Release

Jordan: Positive Steps on Education for Syrian Children

Thousands More Eligible to Enroll, but Challenges Remain

Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.
August 19, 2016 News Release

South Africa: Little Progress for Youth With Disabilities

Government Should Keep Promise to Open School Doors

Amanda from Zama-Zama, KwaZulu-Natal province
August 18, 2016 Commentary

Time Running Out For Syrian Refugee Kids Out Of School

Syrian refugee children sit in a classroom in a non-formal school in the Bekaa Valley.
August 16, 2016 Commentary

The Forgotten Refugees: A Quarter Million Syrian Children Are Left Without an Education

Syrian refugee children on their way to school in Mount Lebanon.
August 16, 2016 News Release

Jordan: Further Expand Education Access for Syrian Refugees

At Least 80,000 Syrian Children Out of School

Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.
July 28, 2016 Report

Senegal: New Steps to Protect Talibés, Street Children

Sustain Momentum with Investigations, Prosecutions

More than a dozen talibé boys between the ages of 6 and 14 were found shackled with iron bars in their Quranic school in Diourbel,Senegal

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