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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Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity
Severe Restrictions, Harassment, Fear in Ghazni Province
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Nigeria: Child Marriage Violates Girls’ Rights
States Should Urgently Adopt Laws to Enforce Child Rights Act
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US: Failure to Pass Build Back Better Act Imperils Rights
Can Advance Economic Justice, Fix Broken Safety Net, But More Needed
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South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors
Improve Shelter Funding; Increase Access for Sex Workers, LGBT, Undocumented Survivors
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Taliban Use Harsh Tactics to Crush Afghan Women’s Rights Protest
Threats, Assaults, and ‘Less-Lethal Weapons’ Against Peaceful Protesters
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Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity
Severe Restrictions, Harassment, Fear in Ghazni Province
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Nigeria: Child Marriage Violates Girls’ Rights
States Should Urgently Adopt Laws to Enforce Child Rights Act
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Egypt: No End to Systematic Repression
Human Rights Defenders and Ordinary Citizens Targeted, Harassed, Tortured
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US: Slow Progress on Human Rights
High-Level Pronouncements Marred by Systemic Racism, Abuse of Asylum Seekers
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Human Rights Abuses Will Taint the Olympics and the World Cup. It’s Time to End ‘Sportswashing’ Now.
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US: Failure to Pass Build Back Better Act Imperils Rights
Can Advance Economic Justice, Fix Broken Safety Net, But More Needed
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Women’s Tennis Association shows global business how to deal with Beijing
By suspending tournaments in China over treatment of Peng Shuai, the WTA placed rights over profits. How will the International Olympic Committee react?
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US Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Women’s Rights
Allowing Texas Abortion Law to Stand an Alarming Signal
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