Introduction
Hiding her identity, a woman takes refuge at a jail in northern Jordan. Women who were raped or had adulterous relationships are kept in jail to protect them from “honor killing” by their families. (Photo Credit: Ali Jarekji, Reuters)
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Ethnic and religious conflict throughout the world has sparked horrific violence against women and girls in recent years. From Bosnia to Rwanda, combatants use rape, mutilation and enslavement to terrorize civilian populations. Islamic militants in Afghanistan subject women to severe punishment for minor offenses. In the absence of conflict, women still face violence – from wife-burning in India to “honor killings” of rape victims in the Middle East to forced prostitution in Asia. An international women's rights movement is gathering strength, with strong United Nations and Clinton administration support, but the Senate has yet to ratify a key U.N. convention designed to protect women.
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Nov. 01, 2013 |
Religious Repression |
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May 17, 2013 |
Assisted Suicide |
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Oct. 16, 2012 |
Human Trafficking and Slavery |
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Sep. 20, 2011 |
Saving Indigenous Peoples |
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Oct. 30, 2009 |
Human Rights Issues |
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Jul. 25, 2008 |
Human Rights in China |
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Mar. 26, 2004 |
Human Trafficking and Slavery |
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Apr. 30, 1999 |
Women and Human Rights |
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Nov. 13, 1998 |
Human Rights |
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Jul. 19, 1985 |
Human Rights in the 1980s |
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May 18, 1979 |
Human Rights Policy |
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Apr. 03, 1968 |
Human Rights Protection |
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Mar. 21, 1956 |
Forced Labor and Slavery |
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Apr. 27, 1949 |
Forced Labor |
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Jan. 25, 1945 |
Bills of Rights |
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