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February 15, 2017 Commentary

Tanzania Policy of Kicking Pregnant Girls out of School is Shameful

More than 120 Form II students prepare to sit their mock exams in a secondary school in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania.
February 14, 2017 Dispatches

A Slap is Only the Start

New Domestic Violence Law in Russia Hurts Victims

Russian activist protesting decriminalization of domestic violence in front of Russia’s state parliament building.
February 14, 2017 Dispatches

‘I Don’t Think Her Heart Will Ever Like This Baby’

Protecting Children of Rape, the Invisible Victims of Conflict and Political Violence

Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.
February 14, 2017 News Release

US: In New York, Children as Young as 14 Can Marry

End Child Marriage in New York State

Sonia Ossorio of NOW-NYC addresses the crowd at a protest against US laws allowing child marriage.
February 14, 2017 Interview

‘What Is My Future After This?’

Secondary Education Inaccessible for Many Children in Tanzania

An unfinished science laboratory next to a classroom at a secondary school in Shinyanga region, northern Tanzania.
February 14, 2017 News Release

Tanzania: 1.5 Million Adolescents Not in School

Government Policies Undermine Move for Free Secondary Education

More than 120 Form II students prepare to sit their mock exams in a secondary school in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania.
February 14, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: New Refugee Policy a Step Forward

Open the Door to Legal Status for All Syrian Refugees

A General Security officer stands by as a Syrian bus driver carries the passports and departure cards of Syrians arriving in Lebanon.
February 13, 2017 News Release

North Korea: End Rampant Forced Child Labor

Submission to UN Children’s Committee Highlights Exploitation, Abuse

Kim Jong-un attends a performance of school children to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) in Pyongyang in June 2016.
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 Dispatches

It’s Time to End Child Marriage in New York

State Law is Out of Step with International Norms

Sonia Ossorio of NOW-NYC addresses the crowd at a protest against US laws allowing child marriage.
February 13, 2017 Witness

Witness: Child Marriage in the US

Fraidy Reiss at a Chain-In protest in 2015.
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 Letter

Letter to the New York State Assembly and Senate Requesting Support for State Assembly Bill A.5524 and Senate Bill S.4407 to Help End Child Marriage in New York

February 13, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Mass Forced Returns of Afghan Refugees

UN Refugee Agency Complicit in Government Coercion

An Afghan refugee family forced out of Pakistan stands by a hired truck laden with their possessions after an overnight journey, October 2016
February 10, 2017 Dispatches

Despite Minor Reforms, the Iranian Penal Code is Still Failing Children

Child Offenders Still Being Sentenced to Death

Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Tehran, Iran.

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