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November 16, 2021 News Release

New Olympic Framework Backs Inclusion

New Guidelines Push Back on Discriminatory ‘Sex Testing’ Practices

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November 16, 2021 News Release

Bangladesh: Protests Erupt Over Rape Verdict

Judge Appears to Blame Victims; Activists Renew Calls to Repeal Harmful Law

Students and activists take part in a torch procession demanding for the government to take action against murder and rape in Bangladesh. 
November 15, 2021 News Release

African Leaders Meet in Niger to Support Girls’ Rights

Address Discrimination Against Pregnant Students, Widespread Teenage Pregnancy

A 17-year-old girl from western Kenya who dropped out of lower secondary school when she got pregnant. She received no information that would have allowed her to continue going to school while she was pregnant, but she wants to continue studying so she can find a job and care for her child.
November 10, 2021 News Release

Papua New Guinea: Address Abuses Raised at UN Review

Countries Criticize Failures on Women’s and LGBT Rights and the Death Penalty

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November 10, 2021 News Release

Iran: Population Law Violates Women’s Rights

Denies Access to Essential Reproductive Health Care, Information

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November 9, 2021 News Release

Ethiopia: Blocking Tigray Aid Harms Rape Survivors

Urgently Allow Entry of Food, Medicine; Support International Investigations

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November 4, 2021 Dispatches

From Schools to Motels, Nowhere is Safe from Spy Cams in South Korea

Recent Digital Sex Crimes Underscore Urgent Need for National Plan

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November 4, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Blocking Female Aid Workers

Discriminatory Rules Hinder Lifesaving Assistance

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November 2, 2021 Dispatches

Woman in Gaza Fights Travel Ban Imposed by Her Father

Such Restrictions Violate Women’s Rights, Can Facilitate Abuse

Women hold signs during a protest against the decision by Gaza's Supreme Judicial Council banning women from movement in and out of the Gaza Strip without the permission of her "guardian," in Gaza City, February 16, 2021. 
November 1, 2021 Commentary

How Latin American Women Can Keep Fighting for Abortion Rights and Win

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November 1, 2021 Commentary

From Taliban to Taliban: Cycle of Hope, Despair on Women’s Rights

Taliban violations of the rights of women and girls are uniquely extreme. No other country openly bars girls from studying on the basis of gender.
November 1, 2021 Statement

US: The Texas Abortion Ban

October 31, 2021 Dispatches

Afghan Girls’ Education: ‘I Don’t Think I Have a Future’

Closing Secondary Schools to Girls Causing Lasting Harm

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October 29, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban ‘Vice’ Handbook Abusive

Discriminatory Rules, Ignored Protections

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October 28, 2021 Dispatches

The International Court of Justice Should Have More Women Judges

Just Four Out of 109 Judges Have Been Female

Judges are pictured during the second day of hearings in the case brought by Gambia against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, December 11, 2019.

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