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December 17, 2020 News Release

South Asia: Justice, Services Can Curb Sexual Violence

Death Penalty Push Ignores Real Solutions to Regional Failings

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December 9, 2020 News Release

Ecuador: High Levels of Sexual Violence in Schools

Investigations, Justice, Reparations Needed

Evelyn Yucailla, 23, a survivor of school-related sexual violence and activist, holds a local newspaper from the city of Ambato, Ecuador. The frontpage headline reads: “Young teacher is guilty.”
November 30, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of South Sudan

88th pre-session

November 27, 2020 Commentary

In a Year of Pandemic and Pain, Women Fight Back

As domestic violence rates soar in Europe under COVID-19 restrictions, women’s groups protest government inaction from Poland to Turkey.

Protesters with a banner reading "Women's Strike" take part in a rally against the Polish government’s plans to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on prevention and combating of domestic violence, in Warsaw, Poland, July 24, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski
November 24, 2020 News Release

Haiti: Lifetime Ban for Football Chief

Players Demand End to Sexual Abuse in Sport

Women hold up signs demanding justice during the hearing of the president of the Fédération Haïtienne De Football (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, regarding allegations that he abused female athletes at the country's national training center, outside the courthouse in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Thursday, May 14, 2020.
November 4, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Lebanon

79th Pre-Session

November 4, 2020 News Release

Lebanon: Broken Promises On Women’s Rights

UN Review Should Focus on Increased Protection Against Violence, Bias

Women shout slogans and wave the Lebanese flag during a demonstration in down town Beirut.
October 21, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Morocco

79th Pre-Session

October 21, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on Brazil

79th CEDAW Pre-Session

October 13, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Egypt

79th Pre-Session

October 13, 2020 Dispatches

Death Penalty Not the Answer to Bangladesh’s Rape Problem

The Government Should Institute Real Reforms, Provide Services, Remove Barriers to Justice

Students protest against an alleged gang-rape and brutal torture of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 8, 2020. 
October 9, 2020 News Release

Bangladesh: Protests Erupt Over Rape Case

Government Should Respond with Overdue Reforms

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October 6, 2020 Dispatches

Protesting Sexual Assault in India Isn’t a ‘Conspiracy’

Authorities Blame Critics After Rape and Murder in Uttar Pradesh State

Chandrashekhar Azad, leader of the Bhim Army, a party advocating for the rights of Dalits, speaks during a protest against the gang rape and killing of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh state, in New Delhi, India, October 2, 2020. 
September 14, 2020 Dispatches

Blaming the Victim for Sexual Violence in Pakistan

‘Motorway Incident’ Protests Show Urgent Need for Police Reform

Women demonstrate to condemn the police response to the of rape of a woman by a highway, Islamabad, Pakistan, September 12, 2020.
September 11, 2020 Report

Egypt: Gang Rape Witnesses Arrested, Smeared

Personal Data Used in Abusive Prosecutions

Women chant slogans as they gather to protest sexual harassment in front of the opera house in Cairo on June 14, 2014. 

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