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July 1, 2021 Commentary

Online Gender-Based Violence is a Nightmare Without Borders

Women protest to demand stronger government action to fight the spread of intimate photos and footage taken by hidden cameras in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2018.
July 1, 2021 Dispatches

#JusticePourLouise Rape Case Shakes Senegal

Government Should Promptly Adopt Strong Policy to Tackle Abuses against Students

A young woman stands by a window at a secondary school in Dakar. 
June 29, 2021 Commentary

France Lags in Workplace Protections Against Domestic Violence

Labor Laws Can Support Women Trying to Escape Abuse

Protestors marching to demand the end of femicide and violence against women in Paris, France, November 23, 2019. 
June 28, 2021 Commentary

Egypt Persecutes TikTok Women While Men Get Impunity for Sexual Violence

Egyptian influencers Hanin Hossam and Mawadda al-Adham, who were sentenced to two years in prison on charges of violating public morals, on the video-sharing app TikTok in Egypt's capital Cairo.
June 15, 2021 News Release

South Korea: Internet Sexual Images Ruin Women’s Lives

Government Response to Digital Sex Crimes Inadequate

A group of women sit holding protest signs that read "My Life Is Not Your Porn"
June 14, 2021 Report

Mali: Basketball Federation Covers Up Sexual Assault of Girls

Government, IOC, FIBA Should Investigate Players’ Allegations

Former President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hamane Niang attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 official mascot launch ceremony on April 18, 2018 in Beijing, China.
May 10, 2021 News Release

Europe: Redouble Efforts to End Violence Against Women

Mark Istanbul Convention’s 10th Anniversary with Action

People gathered in Istanbul in March 2021 to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty designed to safeguard women from gender-based violence. 
March 19, 2021 Amicus Briefing

Amicus Curiae on the Right to Freedom from Gender-Based Harassment and Violence

March 13, 2021 Commentary

LRA’s Ongwen: A critical first ICC conviction

Dominic Ongwen at his confirmation of charges hearing in ICC courtroom I on 21 January 2016 © ICC-CPI.
March 4, 2021 News Release

UAE: Greater Progress Needed on Women's Rights

Significant Discrimination Against Women, Girls in Law and Practice

A foreign domestic worker with a child under a billboard in the United Arab Emirates.
March 4, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the United Arab Emirates

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March 2, 2021 Dispatches

South Asia’s Women’s Rights Activists Should Be Heard

International Women’s Day Should Prompt Real Reforms

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February 1, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: Justice Under Attack

UN Human Rights Council Should Pursue Accountability

A older man in glasses clapping
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.”

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