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Kids Talk Coronavirus
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The virus has now spread across the globe and is a common threat to the health of everyone. In this video, the potentially far-reaching and long-term negative effects of COVID-
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COVID-19 and Children’s Rights
Children who contract COVID-19 appear to have less severe symptoms and lower mortality rates compared to other age groups. In a range of other ways, however, the COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on children. Over 1.5 billion students are out
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“They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways”: Sexual violence against men, boys, and transgender women in the Syrian conflict
Since the onset of the Syrian conflict, men, boys, and transgender women have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence by the Syrian Government and armed non-state actors. Men who are perceived as gay or bisexual and trans women have been
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COVID-19: A human rights checklist
Human Rights Watch is committed to reporting on the human rights dimensions f the COVID-19 pandemic. Their research has identified 40 questions to steer a rights-respecting response to the crisis. The questions address the needs of groups most at risk, in
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“Our Happy Family Is Gone”: Impact of the “War on Drugs” on children in the Philippines
Since the "war on drugs" was launched in the Philippines in June 2016, thousands of people have been killed. There have been dozens of children under the age of 18 among those who have died. Non-governmental organizations in the country have estimated tha
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“Their War Against Education”: Armed group attacks on teachers, students, and schools in Burkina Faso
Between 2017 and 2020, Human Rights Watch documented 126 attacks on students, education professionals, and schools in Burkina Faso. Armed groups have intimidated students, terrorized parents into keeping their children out of school, and killed, abducted,
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“I Want to Continue to Study”: Barriers to secondary education for Syrian refugee children in Jordan
As the conflict in Syria enters its 10th year, the education crisis for Syrian refugee children in Jordan who now are progressing into secondary education has become more acute. Many children are unable to access education because of poverty, lack of affo
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“As Long as We Live on the Streets, They Will Beat Us”: Rwanda’s abusive detention of children
International law states that children only should be deprived of liberty as a measure of last resort, and the UNCRC places an obligation on governments to protect children from all forms of physical or psychological violence. If children do commit crimes
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“Disability Is Not Weakness”: Discrimination and barriers facing women and girls with disabilities in Afghanistan
After decades of armed conflict, Afghanistan has one of the largest populations per capita of persons with disabilities in the world. At least one in five Afghan households includes an adult or child with a physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychosocia
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"You Pray for Death": Trafficking of women and girls in Nigeria
This report discusses the human rights abuses suffered by Nigerian women and girls who are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation within and outside Nigeria. It also records the experiences of foreign women who are trafficked into Nigeria, mostly fo
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"They Didn't Know if I Was Alive or Dead": Military detention of children for suspected Boko Haram involvement in northeast Nigeria
The Nigerian military has been found to arbitrarily detain thousands of children for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram. Many children are held without charge for months or years and often with little or no evidence of involvem
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Subject to Whim: The treatment of unaccompanied migrant children in the French Hautes-Alps
This report tells the tale of unaccompanied migrant children who venture into the French Hautes-Alps in search of refuge. It talks about the challenges these children face during their journey, including the legal and technical barriers they encounter onc