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March 8, 2023 Report

Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship

Personal Status Law Discriminates Against Women in Marriage, Divorce, Custody

People walk past a Vision 2030 banner showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
January 17, 2023 Statement

Malawi: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

72nd Pre-Session

December 20, 2022 Dispatches

Ten Good News Stories for Kids in 2022

Banning Child Marriage and Corporal Punishment among Children’s Gains

Children playing at sunset at Trou aux Biches in Mauritius.
December 12, 2022 Statement

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

94th Pre-session

November 17, 2022 Statement

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

94th Pre-session

September 13, 2022 Commentary

The US Record on Protecting Our Children Is Abysmal

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September 13, 2022 News Release

US States Fail to Protect Children’s Rights

New Scorecard Gives Only 4 a ‘C’ Grade; 46 Get ‘D’ or ‘F’

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June 16, 2022 News Release

Africa: End Rights Abuses Against Girls

Ban Child Marriage; Allow Pregnant Students in School; Ensure Free Education

A 16-year-old girl who is pregnant stands in the hallway of her residence in Mbare township in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 2021.
February 15, 2022 Dispatches

Nigeria’s Kano State Needs Child Protection Law

Rights Organizations Demand Action

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January 28, 2022 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of its Review of Egypt

UN Headquarters
January 17, 2022 Report

Nigeria: Child Marriage Violates Girls’ Rights

States Should Urgently Adopt Laws to Enforce Child Rights Act

A woman protests against underage marriage, Lagos, Nigeria. 
January 13, 2022 News Release

Nepal: The Authorities are Failing to Protect Citizens

Response to Covid-19 Chaotic and Inadequate, While Impunity Undermines Rule of Law

Nepalese women’s rights activists rallying in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on February 12, 2021, to call for an end to violence and discrimination against women and the scrapping of a proposed law that would restrict travel for many women.
December 17, 2021 Dispatches

Some Progress for Children Despite Pandemic’s Toll

Ten Points to Celebrate from 2021

Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, demonstrates with others in front of the Standard and Chartered Bank during a climate protest in London, England, October 29, 2021
November 11, 2021 Report

Afghanistan Facing Famine

UN, World Bank, US Should Adjust Sanctions, Economic Policies

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September 24, 2021 Commentary

Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage

A woman protests against child marriage in Lagos, Nigeria.

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