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September 16, 2018 Dispatches

Demolition of Palestinian Community Imminent

Israeli High Court Green Lights Razing of Khan al-Ahmar

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September 13, 2018 Report

Nepal: Barriers to Inclusive Education

Segregation, Lack of Accessibility for Children with Disabilities

A sign language teacher translates a lesson to students with disabilities in an inclusive class.

August 30, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on South Africa

August 29, 2018 Dispatches

University Program First Victim of Hungary Anti-Immigration Tax

Central European University Suspends Program for Asylum Seekers

People in Budapest protest a draft law targeting Central European University, Hungary, April 4, 2017.

August 22, 2018 Letter

Submission to the review of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) in New Zealand

August 20, 2018 Dispatches

Afghan Students Defy Attackers and Return to Class

Suicide Bombing Latest Attack Targeting Shia Community

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the suicide bombing at Mawoud Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2018.

August 15, 2018 Letter

Letter to South Africa’s Department of Basic Education regarding their draft pregnancy policy

August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Zambia Should Keep Young Mothers in School

Don’t Let Pregnancy Be a Barrier to Education

Front cover of Zambia’s “Guidelines for the Re-Entry Policy,” adopted in 2007.

July 23, 2018 Commentary

Cameroon’s Schools Are Under Attack, And The UK Can Help Stop It

The date on a blackboard indicates the last time that this classroom in a school in the Anglophone region of Cameroon was last used to teach children

July 19, 2018 Commentary

African Union Shouldn’t Tolerate Banning Pregnant Girls from School

“Harriet,” 17, from Migori county, western Kenya, dropped out of the first year of lower secondary school when she got pregnant.

July 18, 2018 News Release

Greece: Asylum-Seeking Children Deprived of School

Few Classes in Government Camps on the Aegean Islands

July 13, 2018 Dispatches

East African Bishops Should Support Education for Pregnant Teens

The Church Should Reject Policies that Hinder Girls’ Access to Schools

“Angela,” 20, walks with her son near her home after returning from school in Migori county, western Kenya

July 12, 2018 Commentary

Children with Disabilities Finally at Schools?

Marina [pseudonym], a 4-year-old girl with developmental disabilities who spent ten months of her life in an institution, with her foster sister. © 2015 Jasenko Rasol for Human Rights Watch

June 14, 2018 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School

African Governments Should Ensure Right to Education

Students enrolled in the final year of lower secondary school in the classroom in a village in Kolda region, southern Senegal. Adolescent mothers and married girls study in this school.