Webinar: Philanthropy Under Pressure: Innovative Giving Strategies for an Uncertain Future.

Celebrate International Women’s Day by attending Elevate Her: Empower, Inspire, Achieve with the International Rescue Committee and Operation Smile on March 7!

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Advocating for a Prisoner Wrongly Held

UN Human Rights

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) held Mike Bryan Smith, a UK national, in detention for years beyond his criminal sentence. And in prison he was denied access to critical medical care after he received diagnoses of cancer and HIV. HRW’s documentation of Smith’s case revealed widespread abuses in the UAE that deny prisoners due process […]

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Protecting the Rights of Pregnant school girls in Tanzania

In 2017, Tanzania’s late president instituted a discriminatory ban that pushed pregnant teens out of school and denied young mothers the right to return. Since then, HRW mobilized international opposition by reporting on the devastating impact of compulsory pregnancy testing by school officials. November of 2021, Tanzania’s government announced that it was removing the ban […]

Around the World in 10 mins: Video Journey on Social Justice

Women and girls standing together with their fists in the air

In 2007 the United Nations General Assembly declared the World Day of Social Justice be commemorated annually on Feb. 20. COVID-19, in addition to conflict and climate change, has exacerbated the hardships vulnerable communities have faced these past two years, creating further imbalances in areas like health care, safety, housing, basic rights and more. In […]

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Releasing people in confinement

#FreetheKids

Human Rights Watch launched a campaign in April asking the Greek government to free hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children held in unhygienic police cells and detention centers, where they face increased risk of contracting the coronavirus. Weeks after #FreetheKids launched, the Greek parliament reduced the maximum time an unaccompanied child could be detained from 45 […]

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