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January 26, 2023 Dispatches

Spain Debates Dangerous Sex Work Law

Across Europe, Criminalization is Linked to Increases in Sexual Assault, Harassment, Attacks

Sex workers protest in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid, against the the proposed criminalization of sex work.
January 17, 2023 Statement

Mauritania: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

84th Session

January 17, 2023 Statement

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education

January 2023

January 4, 2023 Dispatches

US Government Action May Expand Abortion Access

Retail Pharmacies Able to Offer Mifepristone, but Barriers Remain

A patient in a Kansas clinic prepares to take the first of two pills for a medical abortion.
January 4, 2023 Commentary

The Fight for Women’s Rights is a Fight Against Authoritarianism

Abortion rights activists celebrate in front of Colombia’s Constitutional Court in Bogota, Colombia, February 21, 2022.
December 26, 2022 Commentary

Beer And Boycotts: Why FIFA’s Corporate Sponsors Should Back Rights Reforms After World Cup

Construction workers in Doha, Qatar.
December 21, 2022 Letter

Submission on Rights of Women and Girls in North Korea for the Special Rapporteur’s Report to the 52nd Human Rights Council Session in March 2023

December 20, 2022 Dispatches

Afghan University Women Feared This Dark Day

Taliban’s Ban on Women Attending Universities a Cruel Assault on Rights

Afghan female students line up at one of Kabul University's gates
December 17, 2022 Dispatches

Veto of Discriminatory Poland Sex Ed Bill Shows Power of Protest

Public Demands End to Government Attacks on Rights

People attend a “Stop Lex Czarnek” protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland.
December 15, 2022 Report

Poland: Rule of Law Erosion Harms Women, LGBT People

EU Action Needed to End Undermining of Institutions that Protect Rights

Woman holds a Women's Strike symbol during protest against what they view as an erosion of women’s rights under Poland’s conservative ruling party, Warsaw, Poland, November. 28, 2022
December 14, 2022 Dispatches

South African Leadership Makes Moves to Decriminalize Sex Work

Decades of Activism by Sex Workers Has Highlighted Dangers of Criminalization

South African women's rights groups and sex workers demonstrate outside the magistrate court in Johannesburg
December 12, 2022 Statement

Kyrgyzstan: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

94th Pre-session

December 8, 2022 News Release

Poland: Veto Bill Targeting Sex Ed

Would Promote Discrimination, Encourage Harmful Propaganda

People attend 'Stop Lex Czarnek' protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on February 15, 2022.
December 8, 2022 Letter

Letter Concerning the Use of Federal Aid in Abortion Surveillance

December 8, 2022 Dispatches

Shackled in Ghana for Mental Health Conditions

They Broke Her Spirit but Should Instead Break the Chains

A woman with a real or perceived psychosocial disability is chained in a room at Mount Horeb Prayer Camp in Ghana.

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