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August 16, 2019 News Release

Iran: Women Detained, Accused of Flouting Stadium Ban

FIFA Should Enforce Nondiscrimination Rules, Secure Women’s Release

Supporters of Iran watch the Morocco vs Iran match in a fan zone in Moscow, Russa, on June 15, 2018.

May 2, 2019 Dispatches

Sri Lanka’s Face-Covering Ban a Wrongheaded Response to Easter Bombings

Emergency Measure Targets Muslim Women

April 3, 2019 News Release

Brunei: New Penal Code Imposes Maiming, Stoning

Immediately Suspend Highly Abusive Law

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah listens during the first executive session of the CHOGM summit at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, April 19, 2018.

March 26, 2019 News Release

India: Parties Should Pledge to Protect Rights

Provide Roadmaps for Reform Ahead of Elections

Government officers distribute postal ballot papers to a election presiding officer ahead of the country's general elections in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

March 4, 2019 News Release

China: Abolish Arbitrary Detention for Sex Workers

Legislative Agency Recommends Ending ‘Custody and Education’ System

Delegates from China's People's Liberation Army chat as they leave the Great Hall of the People after attending a meeting ahead of Tuesday's opening session of China's National People's Congress in Beijing, Monday, March 4, 2019.

February 7, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: Prosecute Abuse of Women Football Players

Alleged Sexual Assault, Injustice Violate Rights, Deny Equal Access to Sport

February 6, 2019 Witness

Witness: Supporting Women’s Rights in Poland Could End Your Career

Teachers Threatened After Taking a Photograph Supporting Equality Protests

Ewa Wnorowska and her colleagues pose for a photograph in support of women's rights in Poland

January 17, 2019 News Release

Qatar: Partial Reforms Risk Undermining Progress

Important Measures, but Fall Short of Promises, Obligations

A picture taken on December 4, 2018, shows workers at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al-Khor, a city in northeastern Qatar. © 2018 David Harding/AFP

December 4, 2018 News Release

Tunisia: Parliament Should Back Gender Equality in Inheritance

Government-Approved Draft Law Sent to Chamber

A Tunisian woman holds up a flag during a march to celebrate International Women's Day in Tunis March 8, 2014. © 2014 Reuters

November 13, 2018 Commentary

Will Imran Khan Educate Pakistan’s Girls?

The UK Should Urge Him to Keep Promises on Girls’ Education

Two students at a free non-government school for poor children in the Lyari neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.

November 12, 2018 News Release

Pakistan: Girls Deprived of Education

Barriers Include Underinvestment, Fees, Discrimination

November 12, 2018 Witness

Creating Neighborhood Schools in Pakistan

22 Million Children Out of School

Laiba, age eight, with Shazia, the founder of the lyari School.

November 8, 2018 News Release

China: Female Civil Servants Face Discrimination, Harassment

1 in 5 Civil Service Job Ads Specify 'Men Only'

October 15, 2018 Dispatches

Rural Women and Girls Sidelined

Often Denied Equal Rights to Property, Inheritance

Women prepare food in Hamdallaye village in the Boké region. Compensation payments for land lost to mining are often paid to male heads of household or linages, even where the land is utilized by entire families or households. January 2018.