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Europe/Central Asia

July 5, 2017 Commentary

When Rape Survivors Can’t Ask for Help

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Huffington Post (in Italian)
Americas

June 21, 2017 News Release

Brazil: Domestic Violence Victims Denied Justice
Canada

June 19, 2017 News Release

Canada: Police Fail Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan

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December 12, 2016 Video

HRW: The Investigators
July 11, 2016 Video

Forced Anal Exams Humiliate, Violate Victims
May 19, 2016 Video

US Military Sexual Assault Survivors Unfairly Discharged

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June 21, 2017

“One Day I’ll Kill You”

Impunity in Domestic Violence Cases in the Brazilian State of Roraima
May 15, 2017

Central African Republic: Ugandan Troops Harm Women, Girls

Repeated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
February 14, 2017

“I Had a Dream to Finish School”

Barriers to Secondary Education in Tanzania

News

June 21, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Seventh Periodic Report of Italy
June 19, 2017 Letter

Submission to the Government of Canada on Police Abuse of Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan and Failures to Protect Indigenous Women from Violence
May 31, 2017 Dispatches

Don’t Overlook Women in UK Election

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
May 24, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concerning Malaysia
May 15, 2017 Dispatches

Saving the Lives of Women Raped in War

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
May 15, 2017 Report

Central African Republic: Ugandan Troops Harm Women, Girls
May 5, 2017 Commentary

Indian Women Have Right to Live Without Fearing Sexual Assault

Aruna Kashyap
Senior Counsel, Women's Rights Division
April 24, 2017 Dispatches

Honduras Should Give Women More Access to Abortion

Sarah Taylor
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
April 13, 2017 Dispatches

How Boosted US Defense Funds Could Support Military Rape Survivors

Hershel Eisenberger
Counsel, US Program
April 4, 2017 Commentary

“My heart is always scared”: The Simmering Mental Health Crisis for Rape Victims in War

Skye Wheeler
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: World Policy Institute Blog
March 24, 2017 Commentary

UK must keep up pressure on Burma over rapes of women and girls

Priyanka Motaparthy
Senior Researcher

Published In: Politics.co.uk
March 15, 2017 Commentary

A New Wave of Atrocities is Being Committed Against Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State

Phil Robertson
Deputy Director, Asia Division

Published In: Quartz

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