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Women's Rights
Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery. They are refused access to education and political participation, and some are trapped in conflicts where rape is perpetrated as a weapon of war. Around the world, deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth are needlessly high, and women are prevented from making deeply personal choices in their private lives. Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls on the ground.
© 2014 Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch
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Liesl Gerntholtz
Executive Director, Women's Rights DivisionLieslHRW
Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights DivisionJanetHRW
Nisha Varia
Advocacy Director, Women’s Rights DivisionNisha_Varia
Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Divisionheatherbarr1
Aruna Kashyap
Senior Counsel, Women's Rights Division@ajkashy
Rothna Begum
Researcher, Women's Rights DivisionRothna_Begum
Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights DivisionAgnesOdhiambo
Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Divisionamklasing
Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Divisionhillarymargo
Sarah Taylor
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
Skye Wheeler
Researcher, Women's Rights DivisionWheelerSkye
Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
Researcher, Women's Rights Division@NnokoMewanu
End Child Marriage in Florida
Did you know children can legally marry in Florida? Please email Florida lawmakers to tell them to support the bill and protect Florida’s girls.
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HRW interviewed 296 survivors of sexual slavery and rape. These are some of their stories.
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The War for Girls' Education
The war for girls' education in Afghanistan - 16 years after the US & allies toppled the Taliban and promised to get Afghan girls back into school, why are more than half of them still out of school?
Child Marriage: South Sudan
Almost half of South Sudanese girls between ages 15 and 19 are married, some as young as age 12. An egregious violation of women and girls’ human rights, child marriage in South Sudan exacerbates the country’s high levels of poverty, low levels of literacy, pronounced gender gaps in education, and soaring rates of maternal mortality—currently among the highest in the world.
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