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December 9, 2024 Interview

Labor Abuses & Sexual Exploitation Found in Colombia’s Webcam Studios

Sex Workers' Expertise is Critical to Reform Abuses in US, EU Platforms’ Global Supply Chains

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December 9, 2024 News Release

Colombia: Labor Violations, Sexual Exploitation in Webcam Studios

US, EU Platforms Should Take Urgent Steps to Prevent Abuse of Workers

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December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women

Closing One of the Last Loopholes for Female Education

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December 2, 2024 Dispatches

Midwives See Bigger Risks, and Bigger Role in Climate Crisis

Often Marginalized Workforce May be a Solution to Disaster

A group of women travel during a heatwave for medical consultation to the only midwife who arrives from the mainland to Baba Island along the Karachi Harbor, Pakistan, June 11, 2024.
December 2, 2024 Dispatches

Belgium Adopts Historic Law Against Sexual Exploitation

Implementation Should Center Rights, not Policing

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November 28, 2024 Commentary

Africa: Political Will Needed to End Violence Against Women and Girls in Africa

November 28, 2024 News Release

State of Mexico Congress Votes to Decriminalize Abortion

Authorities Should Ensure Access to Care, Wide Dissemination of Legal Protections

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November 27, 2024 Dispatches

Indonesian Domestic Workers’ Long Wait for Reform

President Prabowo Should Seek Passage of Domestic Workers’ Protection Bill

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November 25, 2024 Dispatches

This #16Days, Remember Afghan Women and Girls

Enduring Taliban Abuses, Forgotten Globally, But Still Resisting

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November 25, 2024 Dispatches

Confronting South Africa’s Crisis of Gender-Based Violence

Government Needs to Intensify Efforts to End the Violence

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November 20, 2024 Statement

Submission to the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls

To Inform the Working Group's Upcoming Report on the Gendered Dimensions of Care and Support Systems

November 19, 2024 Commentary

The Overlooked Crisis of Domestic Violence in the Workforce

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November 18, 2024 Interview

Interview: Women’s Rights Under Trump

Expect Further Rollbacks in the US and Globally

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November 15, 2024 Statement

Human Rights Watch’s Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Concerning the Treatment of Imprisoned Women in Japan

November 13, 2024 Q & A

Addressing ‘Obstetric Violence’ in Africa

Abuse in Health Care System Amounts to Violence Against Women

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