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“They Took Me and Told Me Nothing” Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan
The report "‘They Took Me and Told Me Nothing': Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan," documents the experiences of young girls and women who undergo FGM against a backdrop of conflicting messages from some religious leaders and healthcare profess
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A Violent Education: Corporal punishment of children in US public schools
For this report, researchers from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) conducted 181 in-person and telephone interviews with experts and individuals directly affected by corporal punishment, including parents students, teachers
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Early to War: Child soldiers in the Chad conflict
This report draws on field work conducted over the course of four Human Rights Watch research missions to conflict zones of eastern Chad. It focuses primarily on the use and recruitment of child soldiers by the Armée Nationale Tchadienne (ANT) and the Fro
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Taking the Next Step: Strengthening the Security Council’s response to sexual violence and attacks on education in armed conflict
Although the Security Council had identified six grave violations against children in armed conflict, as of 2009 it had focused primarily on the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Other violations affect much larger numbers of children, and result in
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Sabotaged Schooling: Naxalite attacks and police occupation of schools in India’s Bihar and Jharkhand states
This 103-page report details how the Maoists- known as Naxalites- a longstanding, pan-Indian armed militant movement, are targeting and blowing up state-run schools. At the same time, police and paramilitary forces are disrupting education for long period
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Workers in the Shadows: Abuse and exploitation of child domestic workers in Indonesia
This report documents how hundreds of thousands of girls in Indonesia, some as young as 11, are employed as domestic workers in other people’s households, performing tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and child care. Most girls interviewed for the
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“You Can Die Any Time”: Death squad killings in Mindanao
The report "You Can Die Any Time: Death squad killings in Mindanao," by Human Rights Watch, details the involvement of police and local government officials in targeted killings of alleged drug dealers and petty criminals, street children, and others, and
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The Less They Know, the Better: Abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on Uganda 's response to HIV and AIDS. Despite a reported dramatic drop in HIV prevalence in Uganda in the 1990s, from an estimated
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How to Fight, How to Kill: Child soldiers in Liberia
Supplementary report by Human Rights Watch to Libera's periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, on issues relating to child soldiers. The widespread use of child soldiers in Liberia has forced into battle thou
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Stolen Children: Abduction and recruitment in northern Uganda
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child presented by Human Rights Watch. This report was published in March 2003 as Vol.15 No.7(A), and is based on field research conducted
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Child Rape and Coercion of Girls into Sex Work
"Child Rape and Coercion of Girls into Sex Work" is a supplementary report to Bangladesh's country report, prepared by Human Rights Watch for the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which highlights two abuses against children’s right occurring in Bangl
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Trapped by Inequality: Bhutanese refugee women in Nepal
Bhutanese refugee women who are living as refugees in Nepal, confront not only the hardship of life in refugee camps, but also the injustice of gender-based violence and and a systematic discrimination in access to aid.This 77-page report examines the une