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November 8, 2018 News Release

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October 15, 2018 Dispatches

Rural Women and Girls Sidelined

Often Denied Equal Rights to Property, Inheritance

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October 11, 2018 Commentary

Women´s Work for Free in Brazil

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October 11, 2018 News Release

Africa: Educated Girls Crucial for Skilled Workforce

End Discrimination in Education Against Pregnant Girls, Adolescent Mothers

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October 4, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee on Nepal’s Periodic Report for the 71st Session

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September 11, 2018 Dispatches

Qatar's Permanent Residency Law a Step Forward but Discrimination Remains

New Nationality Law Fails to Recognize Equal Treatment for Women, Their Children and Spouses

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September 6, 2018 News Release

Tunisia: Ennahda Rejects Inheritance Equality

Parties Should Back Moves to End Gender Discrimination

Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi, Islamist Ennahdha Party leader Rached Ghannouchi, and Ennahdha Party vice-president Abdelfattah Mourou wave to the crowd on May 20, 2016 at the opening of Ennahdha's three-day congress in Tunis. ©2016 Fethi Belaid/AFP
September 5, 2018 News Release

Iran: Intensified Crackdown on Rights Defenders

Lawyers, Women’s Rights Activists Arrested

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of  Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015.
August 1, 2018 Dispatches

First Woman in Pakistan Nominated as High Court Chief Justice

Tahira Safdar’s Confirmation Would Be an Important Step for Equal Participation

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August 1, 2018 News Release

Prominent Saudi Women Activists Arrested

Samar Badawi, Nassima al-Sadah Among Latest Crackdown Victims

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July 9, 2018 Statement

WCLAC and Human Rights Watch oral statement to the CEDAW Committee on the State of Palestine’s Report, 70th session

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June 28, 2018 News Release

Iran: Progress on Ban for Women at Stadiums

Opening World Cup Screening, Volleyball Matches Are Steps in Right Direction

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June 22, 2018 Commentary

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June 14, 2018 Witness

Witness: Coming Back to School

“Evelina,” 17, with her 3-year-old daughter “Hope,” in Migori county, western Kenya. Evelina is in Form 2, the second year of lower secondary school.

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