March 7, 2022

This International Women’s Day, we honor all the women who support each other in these extraordinary times.

Today, hundreds of thousands of women have fled the conflict in Ukraine, many caring for dependents, after being separated from their adult male relatives who are required to remain behind because conscription has been activated. They join the millions of refugees around the world. This is another reminder that armed conflicts and refugee crises are women’s rights crises.

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  • May 9, 2023 Audio

    Conflict in Sudan: Why Accountability Can’t Wait

    Fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere has put Sudan’s population at risk. In this Twitter Space, experts discuss the struggles facing Sudanese people, and the urgent need for international response to address the cyclical violence in the country.
    Man stands next to building destroyed during fighting in Khartoum, Sudan
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  • April 27, 2023 Video

    Peru: Egregious Abuses by Security Forces

    Peru's military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The abuses occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating democratic institutions, corruption, impunity for past abuses, and persistent inequality.
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  • April 26, 2023 Video

    Peru: Egregious Abuses by Security Forces

    Peru's military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The abuses occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating democratic institutions, corruption, impunity for past abuses, and persistent inequality.
    Investigate Commanders, Senior Officials
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  • April 21, 2023 Map

    Peru demonstrations map

    Protesters and bystanders killed in Peru during demonstrations between December 11, 2022 to March 21, 2023
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  • April 17, 2023 Audio

    A Decolonial, Feminist Agenda for Nature

    In this Twitter Space, HRW and partners discuss how we can: revive forests by empowering local communities, ensure women have equal participation in natural resource management, and ground conservation in Indigenous rights. With Luciana Téllez, Richard Pearshouse, Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, and Quinn Manson Buchwald, ahead
    Indigenous people arrive in Quito after marching for 10 days to protest new mining and water law initiatives, as well as a constitutional reform project that would have allowed for indefinite re-election of the president.
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  • March 29, 2023 Video

    Incendiary Weapons - Explainer

    This is a brief overview of Incendiary Weapons and their effects on populations and individuals, including their global use.
    Incendiary Weapons
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