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April 3, 2018 News Release

India: Remove Hurdles to Justice for Women with Disabilities

Reforms on Sexual Violence Not Implemented for ‘Invisible Victims’

When she was 13, Razia (not her real name), who has an intellectual disability and difficulties in speaking, was raped by her brother’s tutor in 2014.
April 2, 2018 Dispatches

Yezidi Girl’s Freedom Opens Door to Justice in Iraq

Prosecute ISIS Members for Specific Crimes

Displaced Yezidis take shelter on Mount Sinjar. August 14, 2014.
April 2, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: Quash Conviction of Former Child Soldier

Protect Victims of Underage Military Recruitment

Myanmar army soldiers take positions near Laukkai, February 17, 2015.
March 29, 2018 Report

Mauritania: Administrative Obstacles Keep Kids from School

Daunting Civil Registration Process Depresses Enrollment

Three of Mariama’s ten children: Khadijetou, Asya and Aicha who recently enrolled in primary school despite their lack of civil registration, thanks to the assistance of the Mauritanian NGO Women Heads of Family, Nouakchott, Mauritania, October 23, 2017.
March 27, 2018 Dispatches

The Mysterious Death of a Papuan Child

Indonesian Authorities Should Investigate Conflicting Accounts

Protesters push policemen during a rally calling for their right to self-determination in the Indonesian controlled part of Papua, in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 1, 2016.
March 26, 2018 Dispatches

14, Pregnant from Rape, Dead in Childbirth

Paraguay’s harsh abortion law endangers adolescent girls

Paraguayan social activists protest in front of the Health Ministry to demand the end of violence against women and better health care for women, as the world celebrates "International Women's Day" in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 8, 2017.
March 25, 2018 News Release

Jordan: Step Forward, Step Back for Urban Refugees

They Get Legal Status, But Lose Health Subsidies

Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.
March 23, 2018 Commentary

Open Classrooms to Children with Disabilities

School-age children in Lebanon.
March 22, 2018 Dispatches

Swiss Jeweler Commitment to “Ethical Sourcing” a Mixed Bag

Reliance on Weak Sourcing Standard Undermines Announcement

A Chopard jewelry store in Place Vendôme in Paris, France, July 2011.
March 22, 2018 Dispatches

Syria’s Kids Are Still Being Killed at School

Amid Ongoing Bombings, More Protection Needed for Education

Children walk through the rubble of the Tamayuz (“Excellence”) kindergarten in the town of Hamouriyeh after it was hit by a Syrian-Russian airstrike on November 8, 2017. © 2017 Private
March 22, 2018 Dispatches

Why Menstrual Hygiene is an Urgent Human Rights Issue

Women and Girls Still Suffer From Lack of Support in Managing Menstruation

A woman fetches water from a partially submerged hand pump in a flood-affected village in Sonitpur district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, September 11, 2017.
March 22, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: Schools Discriminate Against Children with Disabilities

Make Schools Inclusive, End Reliance on Institutions

School-age children in Lebanon.
March 21, 2018 Commentary

The Path to Responsible Sourcing in the Jewellery Sector

A girl works in an artisanal diamond mine in Sosso Nakombo, Central African Republic, near the border with Cameroon, in August 2015
March 21, 2018 Dispatches

Japan Moves to End Child Marriage

Bill Would Make 18 Minimum Marriage Age for Women and Men

A bride in traditional Japanese wedding attire poses for photos with her groom at the Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, southwestern Japan April 16, 2008.
March 21, 2018 Commentary

On Jordanian Mothers’ Day, Some Have Little to Celebrate

Jordanian mothers of non-citizen children in Amman on Friday 9 March, 2018.

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