Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, VAWA

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Europe/Central Asia

October 25, 2018 News Release

Russia: Unaddressed Domestic Violence Puts Women at Risk
Europe/Central Asia

October 25, 2018 Interview

Interview: Giving a Green Light to Abuse in Russia
Iran

October 12, 2018 Dispatches

Iran’s Death Penalty Laws Failing Children

Tara Sepehri Far
Iran Researcher

Videos Watch More

October 25, 2018 Video

Video: Unaddressed Domestic Violence Puts Women at Risk in Russia
June 21, 2017 Video

Video: Domestic Violence Survivors in Brazil Struggle to Find Justice
April 23, 2017 Video

Video: Inadequate Response to Domestic Violence in Algeria

Reports More Reports

October 25, 2018

“I Could Kill You and No One Would Stop Me”

Weak State Response to Domestic Violence in Russia
May 10, 2018

Palestine: ‘Marry-Your-Rapist’ Law Repealed

Revoke Other Discriminatory Laws Against Women
January 12, 2018

Armenia: Little Protection, Aid for Domestic Violence Survivors

New Law Should Enhance Safety, Services, Justice

News

August 16, 2018 Commentary

Trail of Broken Promises to Brazil’s Women

César Muñoz
Senior Researcher, Brazil

Published In: Folha de S. Paulo
August 8, 2018 Dispatches

Bride’s Killing in Iraq Shows New Law Needed

Belkis Wille
Senior Iraq Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division
July 9, 2018 Statement

WCLAC and Human Rights Watch oral statement to the CEDAW Committee on the State of Palestine’s Report, 70th session
June 11, 2018 Letter

Human Rights Watch, Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, and Equality Now, Joint Submission to the CEDAW Committee on the State of Palestine, 70th session
May 31, 2018 Dispatches

Young Woman’s Murder in Kyrgyzstan Shows Cost of ‘Tradition’

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
May 30, 2018 Dispatches

Afghan Government Ignoring Violence Against Women

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
May 15, 2018 Dispatches

Sudan’s Many Nouras

Jehanne Henry
Associate Director, Africa Division
May 10, 2018 Report

Palestine: ‘Marry-Your-Rapist’ Law Repealed
February 26, 2018 News Release

Morocco: New Violence Against Women Law
February 14, 2018 Dispatches

Law Not on Side of Russia’s Domestic Violence Victims

Yulia Gorbunova
Researcher, Russia
February 9, 2018 Dispatches

The White House’s Latest #MeToo Moment

Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
January 18, 2018 News Release

Top 5 Reforms Middle East Governments Can Make in 2018

Daily Brief

November 16, 2018

Genocide took place in Cambodia; France should step up on Yemen conflict; UN Security Council must address Uyghurs in China visit; the need for a UN investigation into Khashoggi murder; Angola must stop abusive deportations of migrants; European Court of Human Rights rules against Russia's arrests of opposition leader; European Parliament pressures Vietnam to improve human rights ahead of trade agreement; and some good news about girls education in Afghanistan.