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Asia

October 11, 2016 Dispatches

Fulfilling the Promise of Ending Child Marriage

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
Africa

“I had passed my exams and was admitted to join secondary school, but my father said I had to marry a 34-year-old man because he had paid dowry for me,” said Matilda, who married at 14. “My husband physically and sexually abused me.”

October 11, 2016 Dispatches

Tanzania Needs to Renew Commitment to Ending Child Marriage

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
September 22, 2016 Dispatches

Fragile Progress in Global Fight Against Child Marriage

Alexandra Kotowski
Senior Associate, Women’s Rights Division

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They Say We're Dirty
April 14, 2014 Video

Colombia: Crisis in Buenaventura
September 7, 2016 Video

Video - Child Marriage in Nepal: Our Time to Sing and Play

News

September 20, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee
September 9, 2016 Commentary

Teaching Child Brides About Condoms in Rural Nepal

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: News Deeply
September 8, 2016 Commentary

In Nepal, Young Girls are Being Married Off Simply So They Can Eat

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: The New York Times
September 8, 2016 Witness

Witness: Nepal’s Child Brides And Grooms

Philippa H Stewart
Senior Media Officer
September 8, 2016 News Release

Nepal: Child Marriage Threatens Girls’ Futures
August 31, 2016 Letter

Submission on Pakistan to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
July 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Tanzanian High Court Rules Against Child Marriage

Elin Martinez
Researcher, Children's Rights Division
June 23, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Girls Speak Out against Child Marriage

Alexandra Kotowski
Senior Associate, Women’s Rights Division
June 14, 2016 Commentary

Children Out of School --‘Left Behind’ by Whom?

Elin Martinez
Researcher, Children's Rights Division

Published In: The Huffington Post
May 9, 2016 UPR

Tanzania: Updated UPR Submission
April 29, 2016 Commentary

Time to Ban Child Marriage in Malaysia

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Malaysiakini
March 31, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Ending Child Marriage in Zimbabwe

Dewa Mavhinga
Senior Researcher, Africa Division

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Reports More Reports

September 7, 2016

“Our Time to Sing and Play”

Child Marriage in Nepal
June 9, 2015

Marry Before Your House is Swept Away

Child Marriage in Bangladesh
October 29, 2014

No Way Out

Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania

Our People

Heather Barr

Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division heatherbarr1

Agnes Odhiambo

Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division AgnesOdhiambo

Nisha Varia

Advocacy Director, Women’s Rights Division Nisha_Varia

Liesl Gerntholtz

Executive Director, Women's Rights Division; Interim Director, Africa Division LieslHRW

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Daily Brief

October 18, 2016

Fleeing ISIS; Blogging in Vietnam; Snatched by China: HRW Daily Brief

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