Widespread sexual violence marred Kenya’s 2017 elections. The Kenyan government should urgently take steps to protect women and girls, as well as men and boys, from sexual violence.

Everyone has the right to make decisions about their own body. The Trump administration should keep their hands off our birth control! https://www.hrw.org/handsoffmybc

Kidnapping, sexual harassment, and bullets are just some of the dangers Afghan girls face on their way to school.

Burmese security forces have committed widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State.

Tanzanian domestic workers in Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) face excessive working hours, unpaid salaries, and physical and sexual abuse.

Rape survivors in India face significant barriers to obtaining justice and critical support services. Legal and other reforms adopted since the gang rape and murder of a student, Jyoti Singh Pandey, in Delhi in December 2012 have not been fully realized.

The Zambian government is failing to protect the rights of rural residents displaced by large commercial farms in Serenje district.

What does child marriage mean for girls’ lives? And why does child marriage persist?

Armed groups are using rape in a brutal, calculated way to punish and terrorize women and girls. Every day, survivors live with the devastating aftermath of rape, and the knowledge that their attackers are walking free, perhaps holding positions of power, and to date facing no consequences whatsoever.