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Americas

June 19, 2019 Witness

Witness: Doctors Reveal What Nicaragua Tries to Hide
Americas

April 4, 2019 News Release

Venezuela: UN Should Lead Full-Scale Emergency Response
United States

February 8, 2019 Commentary

Dementia and Caregiving in the US: Time for Paid Family Leave

Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division

Published In: Star Tribune

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November 28, 2018 Video

Video: Black Women are Dying From Cervical Cancer in Alabama
November 20, 2018 Video

US: HIV Care Lacking for Transgender Women in South Florida

Reports More Reports

July 12, 2017

Neglected and Unprotected

The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil
May 22, 2017

“No Control, No Choice”

Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Sudan’s Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan
May 15, 2017

“I Still Need You”

The Detention and Deportation of Californian Parents

News

January 17, 2019 News Release

Yemen: Civilians Bombed, Shelled, Starved
November 29, 2018 News Release

US: Cervical Cancer Deaths Up for Black Women
September 27, 2018 Commentary

Brazil Should Not Forget the Zika Families

João Guilherme Bieber
Consultant, Environment and Human Rights Division

Published In: Huffington Post Brazil
June 26, 2018 News Release

Iran: People with Disabilities Face Discrimination and Abuse
June 6, 2018 Q & A

The DR Congo Ebola Outbreak
June 6, 2018 News Release

DR Congo: Respect Rights in Ebola Response
June 5, 2018 Dispatches

US Slammed for Failure to Address Poverty and Health

Megan McLemore
Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights
April 13, 2018 Dispatches

Valuing Black Women’s and Infants’ Lives in the US

Amanda Klasing
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
March 16, 2018 Dispatches

US Blocks Funds to UN Population Fund – Again

Amanda Klasing
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
February 21, 2018 Letter

Letter to Louisiana Representative Frank Hoffman Opposing H Bill No. 3 "Promotion of Work and Community Engagement in Medicaid Law"
December 16, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Government Shutters International Groups
October 27, 2017 Dispatches

While Vowing to Take on Opioid Crisis, Trump Cuts Drug Treatment Options

Megan McLemore
Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights

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Death of Former Egyptian President Calls for Investigation: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Death of former Egyptian president calls for investigation; Hong Kong’s chief executive apologizes but does not back down; UN condemns own response to Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya; fuelling teenage pregnancies in the Dominican Republic; draconian evictions in Guinea; the dangers of environmental reporting; Saudi teenager not to be executed; and support for the rights of intersex people on the rise.