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Middle East/North Africa

August 4, 2017 News Release

Qatar: Residency Reform Doesn’t End Gender Bias
Middle East/North Africa

July 27, 2017 Dispatches

Women Activists in Iran Pressing for Female Minister in Cabinet

Tara Sepehri Far
Iran Researcher
Middle East/North Africa

July 21, 2017 Commentary

Gulf Crisis Shows How Discrimination in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Qatar Tears Families Apart

Rothna Begum
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Newsweek

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July 17, 2016 Video

Imprisoned - End Male Guardianship in Saudi Arabia
July 17, 2016 Video

No Freedom to Travel - End Male Guardianship in Saudi Arabia

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May 25, 2017

“It’s a Men’s Club”

Discrimination Against Women in Iran’s Job Market
February 14, 2017

“I Had a Dream to Finish School”

Barriers to Secondary Education in Tanzania
January 24, 2017

“You Will Get Nothing”

Violations of Property and Inheritance Rights of Widows in Zimbabwe

News

July 13, 2017 News Release

Saudi Arabia: State Schools to Allow Girls’ Sports
July 11, 2017 Commentary

No, We Don’t Like to Be Beaten Up

Maria Laura Canineu
Brazil Director, Americas Division

Published In: Veja
July 7, 2017 Dispatches

Forgetting About Girls in Afghanistan – Again

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
June 21, 2017 Dispatches

Brexit Without Women

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
June 19, 2017 News Release

Canada: Police Fail Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan
May 26, 2017 Commentary

'Every Year, I Give Birth': Why War is Driving a Contraception Crisis in Sudan

Skye Wheeler
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: The Guardian
May 25, 2017 News Release

Iran: Women Face Bias in the Workplace
May 13, 2017 Commentary

US Lawmakers: Honor Mother’s Day by Making Childbirth Safer Worldwide

Nisha Varia
Advocacy Director, Women’s Rights Division

Published In: The New York Times
April 4, 2017 Dispatches

US Should Combat the Gender Wage Gap

Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division
February 23, 2017 News Release

Libya: Discriminatory Restriction on Women
January 30, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee of Oman’s Periodic Report Pre-Sessional Working Group for the 68th Session
January 25, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee of Kuwait’s Periodic Report Pre-Sessional Working Group for the 68th Session

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Terror in Barcelona: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

August 18, 2017

Terror in Barcelona; Historic legal settlement in CIA torture case; Assad regime's continued use of chemical weapons; Saudi-led coalition kills kids in Yemen; Azerbaijan regime's media crackdown; opposition leader Iran ends hunger strike; and Rwanda's Kagame inaugurated after near-farcical elections.