Land Ownership Still Lagging for Women in Western Balkans
Even in countries where clear legal protections for women’s ownership of land exist, local customs often continue to work against equality for female farmers, according to new data released this week by FAO and the World Bank.
Children, Not Soldiers: Yemen Signs Action Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children by Armed Forces
In a landmark development for the protection of children, the Government of Yemen signed an action plan with the United Nations to end and prevent the recruitment of children by the Yemeni Armed Forces.
Education Plays Key Role in Advancing Women, Girls, and Communities, Report Says
Girls with little or no education are far more likely to be married as children, suffer domestic violence, live in poverty, and lack a say over household spending or their own health care than better-educated peers, which harms them, their children,...
France: Survey Flags Concerns Over Police Checks
Police officers perform an identity check and body pat-down of a young man in Paris,...
Thailand: Protesters Occupy TV Stations
Anti-government protesters in Thailand should immediately cease intimidating the media and occupying TV stations in Bangkok, Human Rights Watch said.
Cambodia: Steung Meanchey Trial Deeply Flawed
Cambodian security forces open fire during unrest on November 12, 2014....
Cambodia: Steung Meanchey Trial Deeply Flawed
Cambodian security forces confront residents during unrest on November 12, 2014.
Recent wave of attacks in north-east Nigeria ‘unprecedented’ – UN refugee agency
This 14-year-old boy was shot when gunmen attacked his school in Nigeria, killing three of his friends. His parents...
Gross rights abuses committed by both sides in South Sudan conflict, UN report finds
A volunteer in the South Sudanese town of Bor arranges corpses, victims of repeated clashes between government forces and...
Justice Dept. Vows to Uphold Rights of Immigrant Children to Go to School
The Obama administration has issued updated guidelines to ensure that U.S. public schools carry out federal laws giving children of illegal immigrants the right to an education.
