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November 12, 2018 Witness

Creating Neighborhood Schools in Pakistan

22 Million Children Out of School

Laiba, age eight, with Shazia, the founder of the lyari School.
November 8, 2018 Commentary

When #MeToo Meets the Architecture of Intimidation in India

People hold a candlelight vigil in Bengaluru, India, to protest the rape of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua and a teenager in Unnao, April 13, 2018.
November 6, 2018 Commentary

Catcalling Is Not ‘Normal’ — and We Cannot Allow It To Be

Young women in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Nearly one-third of women in Kyrgyzstan experience abuse by a spouse or partner.
November 6, 2018 Dispatches

South Africa’s Constitutional Court Protects Land Rights

Landmark Rulings Protect Women and Communities Affected by Mining Companies

Xolobeni community members and environmental activists march and chant slogans in front of South Africa's Pretoria High Court, April 24, 2018.
November 1, 2018 Dispatches

How the US State Department Downplays Reporting on Women

New Study Points to Significant Cuts in Annual Reporting on Human Rights

Manju M., 16, Tilmaya M., 18, and Sangeeta M., 19, wait with their children outside of a doctor’s office in Chitwan, Nepal. The parents of Manju M. arranged her marriage to a 19-year-old man when she was 15. Tilmaya M. eloped and married a 20-year-old man
November 1, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Sexual Violence Against Women by Officials

Impunity for Assault and Rape by Men in Power

Woman being questioned by a secret police investigator. Former detainees say that secret police investigators can easily harass female detainees during questioning.
October 28, 2018 Q & A

10 Questions the Saudi Crown Prince Needs to Answer

World Leaders, Journalists Should Demand Accounting for Rights Abuses

 Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
October 25, 2018 Commentary

Is Senegal Ready to Listen to Adolescent Girls?

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October 25, 2018 News Release

Russia: Unaddressed Domestic Violence Puts Women at Risk

Legislative Changes, Stronger Police Action Needed

In February 2017, parliament decriminalized first instances of battery among family members.
October 25, 2018 Interview

Interview: Giving a Green Light to Abuse in Russia

In February 2017, parliament decriminalized first instances of battery among family members.
October 18, 2018 News Release

Senegal: Teen Girls Sexually Exploited, Harassed in Schools

End Culture of Silence; Act Against Abusive Teachers

Secondary school girls in a classroom in a middle secondary school in Sédhiou, southern Senegal.
October 15, 2018 Dispatches

Rural Women and Girls Sidelined

Often Denied Equal Rights to Property, Inheritance

Women prepare food in Hamdallaye village in the Boké region. Compensation payments for land lost to mining are often paid to male heads of household or linages, even where the land is utilized by entire families or households. January 2018.
October 11, 2018 Commentary

Women´s Work for Free in Brazil

Women protest Brasilia
October 11, 2018 News Release

Africa: Educated Girls Crucial for Skilled Workforce

End Discrimination in Education Against Pregnant Girls, Adolescent Mothers

Cartoon for Tanzania Education Report
October 10, 2018 Commentary

Speak Out to Protect Bulgaria’s Women

European Bodies Should Act to Counter Misleading, Dangerous Judgment

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