Women's Rights
Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery. They are refused access to education and political participation, and some are trapped in conflicts where rape is perpetrated as a weapon of war. Around the world, deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth are needlessly high, and women are prevented from making deeply personal choices in their private lives. Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls on the ground.
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Free SpeechWe are writing ahead of the January 25th Foreign Affairs Council discussion on Egypt to raise our serious concerns, once again, about the human rights crisis unfolding in the country, and to urge the EU and its member states to take the long overdue steps needed to signal that Egypt’s disregard for human rights will no longer be tolerated.Open letter to the European Union and its Member States on Egypt
January 21, 2021
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Iran: Adopt Draft Law to Protect Women
As Outrage Against Abuses Grows, Fix Bill’s Major Gaps and Pass It
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“I Sleep in My Own Deathbed”
Violence against Women and Girls in Bangladesh: Barriers to Legal Recourse and Support
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US: Heat Emergency Plans Missing Pregnancy, Racial Justice
Cities, Federal Agencies, Should Broaden Responses to Climate Change
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South Korea: Backtracking on Rights Protections
Address North Korea Concerns, Plight of Marginalized Groups
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North Korea: Covid-19 Intensified Systematic Repression
Kim Jong Un Uses Pandemic to Further Isolate Population
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Kazakhstan’s Domestic Violence Survivors Push for Legal Protections
Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Strengthen Flawed Law
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South Asia: Justice, Services Can Curb Sexual Violence
Death Penalty Push Ignores Real Solutions to Regional Failings
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Hungary’s Family Minister Undermines Equality for Women
Government Should Act to Redress Domestic Violence and Pay Gaps
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Combating Domestic Violence is Dangerous Work in Russia
Another Women’s Rights Group Could Be Labeled a “Foreign Agent”
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France Should Act to End Violence, Harassment at Work
New Human Rights Watch Campaign Urges Hastening Reforms
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