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United States

April 25, 2019 News Release

US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights
Asia

April 15, 2019 Dispatches

South Korea’s Abortion Reform A Model for Others

Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division
Americas

April 1, 2019 News Release

Ecuador: Decriminalize Abortion in Rape Cases

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November 19, 2018 Video

Dominican Republic: What happens when abortion is totally banned?
May 22, 2017 Video

Sudan: Obstruction of Aid Denies Women Lifesaving Health Care
February 28, 2017 Video

Video: Trump's New Gag Rule Puts Women's Lives at Risk

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February 6, 2019

“The Breath of the Government on My Back”

Attacks on Women’s Rights in Poland
November 19, 2018

“It’s Your Decision, It’s Your Life”

The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic
July 12, 2017

Neglected and Unprotected

The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil

News

March 14, 2019 Dispatches

A Bleak 24 Hours for Women’s Rights in the US

Philippa H Stewart
Senior Media Officer
March 13, 2019 Dispatches

US Again Cuts Women from State Department’s Human Rights Reports

Amanda Klasing
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
February 15, 2019 Dispatches

The BBC Let Down Women On Abortion

Philippa H Stewart
Senior Media Officer
February 7, 2019 Dispatches

Pushing Back Trump’s Attack on Reproductive Choice

Amanda Klasing
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
February 6, 2019 News Release

Poland: Women’s Rights Activists Targeted
February 1, 2019 Dispatches

Brazil Vice President Supports ‘Right to Decide’ on Abortion

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division
November 19, 2018 Interview

Interview: Defying the Dominican Republic’s Abortion Law

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division
November 19, 2018 News Release

Dominican Republic: Abortion Ban Endangers Health
October 3, 2018 Dispatches

Once Optimistic, Poland’s Women’s Rights Activists Live in Climate of Fear

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
September 28, 2018 Dispatches

Escalating Global Effort for Safe, Legal Abortion

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division
September 24, 2018 Commentary

Presidential Candidates Need to Heed Abortion Debate

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Huffington Post Brazil
September 6, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Argentina

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Cyclone Survivors Forced To Trade Sex For Food: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Survivors of Mozambique's devastating cyclone are being sexually exploited in return for aid; fears that religious hatred will be stirred again after Sri Lanka bombings; UN chief's disappointing silence on human rights; "grave injustice" against jailed Myanmar journalists; Central African Republic warlords rewarded with government posts; food poverty in the UK; mass executions in Saudi Arabia; and Syrian refugee Nujeen Mustafa makes UN history...