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Asia

July 12, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: Special Forces Raid Medical Clinic
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

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October 7, 2019 Video

Afghanistan: Little Help for Conflict-Linked Trauma
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

October 2, 2019

“Just Like Other Kids”

Lack of Access to Inclusive Quality Education for Children with Disabilities in Iran
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

News

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
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

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Australia, Stop Drugging Older People in Aged Care: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

October 16, 2019

Plus: A no-deal Brexit would threaten human rights and food access in the UK; sexual violence in schools is a global problem; less regulation around coal ash is a public health threat in the US; US supports Hong Kong protesters.