Birgit Schwarz
@BirgitMSchwarz
Former Deputy Coms Director Europe & Africa @hrw. My passion: journalism that holds the powerful accountable. My secret love: dancing. My true love: my son.
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http://hrw.org 24-04-2012 09:49:30
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Today, Human Rights Watch's Tirana Hassan wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron calling for his direct & urgent intervention to find a constructive solution to ensure EU govts adopt a stong EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
#CSDDD
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The enforcement of the hijab decree has significantly reduced women's mobility.
Some 57 per cent of the women consulted felt “not at all safe” leaving the house without a mahram and were
voluntarily confining themselves to the home instead.
Being a woman in #Afghanistan !
🍾🇫🇷 Yesterday #France 's vote marked global 1st in explicitly introducing #abortion protections in national constitution. It also reflects need for safeguards in face of global attacks on abortion & sexual & repro health rights. #MonCorpsMonChoix Human Rights Watch 1/
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🍾🇫🇷 L'adoption lundi en #France de l'avortement comme une liberté explicitement garantie par la constitution est une première mondiale qui reflète le besoin de garde-fou face aux attaques contre l'avortement dans le monde. #MonCorpsMonChoix hrw.org/fr/news/2024/0… Human Rights Watch
New Human Rights Watch research shows that women in #Yemen are being stopped at checkpoints throughout the country when traveling without a #mahram -- not just in #Houthi territory. Yemeni govt, STC, Houthis all must end their restrictions on women's freedoms. 🧵
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The #Kenya government needs to listen to its people & address #femicide .
It is unacceptable that men kill hundreds of women each year because the authorities have allowed patriarchy & gender inequality to go unchecked.
Human Rights Watch's Betty Kabari in allAfrica.com
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#NorthKorean leader Kim Jong Un has essentially made the country a giant prison.
With the northern border with China sealed, people can barely make a living or access food.
UN sanctions have aggravated the already dire human rights situation.
New Human Rights Watch report live on March 7.⤵️
Good news in a sea of darkness.
Rishi Sunak suffers defeat on Rwanda bill as House of Lords vote by a 102 maj to insist it must be compliant with int’l law.
As it stands it is in flagrant violation of int’l law.