Skye Wheeler
As emergencies researcher for the Women’s Rights Division, Skye Wheeler monitors and documents women’s rights abuses during human rights crises including situations of armed conflict and attacks on civilians, mass displacement and crisis following disasters. Associated areas of research include ending obstructions to sexual and reproductive healthcare in conflicts and humanitarian settings. Previously, Skye worked as a researcher for the Africa Division monitoring, investigating and documenting human rights in Sudan and South Sudan. Before joining Human Rights Watch in February 2013, she worked for OXFAM and as a journalist for a range of outlets including Thomson Reuters. Skye Wheeler is currently researching the impact of extreme weather events like hurricanes, flooding and forest fires—worsened by global warming—on women and girls, especially from poor and marginalized communities.
Articles Authored
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October 15, 2024
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November 9, 2023
Latest Findings on Extreme Heat and Pregnancy in Pakistan
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February 9, 2023
How the Climate Crisis Affects Reproductive Rights
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December 14, 2022
South African Leadership Makes Moves to Decriminalize Sex Work
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November 28, 2022
US Environmental Agency Needs a Reproductive Justice Hero
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February 2, 2022
How the US Can Protect Pregnant Workers from High Temperatures
Reports Authored
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US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action
Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable
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US: Heat Emergency Plans Missing Pregnancy, Racial Justice
Cities, Federal Agencies, Should Broaden Responses to Climate Change
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“No Control, No Choice”
Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Sudan’s Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan
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“They Burned it All”
Destruction of Villages, Killings, and Sexual Violence in Unity State South Sudan