August 17, 2023
Indonesian Schoolgirls Testify on Mandatory Hijab and Bullying
National Commission Holds First Hearing on Abusive Rules
![Imam Nakha’i of the National Commission on Violence Against Women discussing the 120 mandatory hijab regulations, 73 of which are still in force, in Jakarta, Indonesia, August, 14, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308asia_indonesia_Imam_Nakha%E2%80%99i.jpeg?h=c282529e&itok=0ADzaTGJ)
August 17, 2023
Joint Statement: Marking Two Years of Taliban Oppression
Statement from the U.S. Policy Advocates for Afghan Women and Girls
![Taliban fighters fire into the air to disperse women protesters in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 13, 2022. © 2022/ AFP via Getty Images/Wakil Kohsar](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202111asia_afghanistan_pm.jpg?h=b42c5fe7&itok=SzDmiwvO)
August 17, 2023
Darfur: Rapid Support Forces, Allied Militias Rape Dozens
Governments Should Prioritize Care Services, Independent Investigations
![A group of women seated on the floor with their faces obscured](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308afr_sudan_darfur_rapesurvivors-edit1.jpg?h=33065390&itok=jjdcfv4o)
August 16, 2023
Joint Letter to Biden Administration on Urgent Concern for Life of Imprisoned Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
![Signatory logos](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308DC_bahrain_letterlogos.jpg?h=290439ac&itok=kVopTADr)
August 16, 2023
My Homeland Is Being Ruled by Terror. The World Must Pay Attention.
Myanmar’s military junta is committing indiscriminate atrocities. We shouldn’t look away.
![: Police patrol the 76th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar on July 19, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308asia_myanmar_police_patrol.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=NcEJPYMG)
August 16, 2023
Bread, Work, Freedom—Afghan Women's Two Years of Resistance
![Afghan women protest in Kabul on August 13, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308wrd_afghanistan_protest.jpg?h=0775493e&itok=EU6hNCmZ)
August 16, 2023
Liberia: Accra Agreement’s Unfinished Business
20 Years After Civil Wars Ended, Still Seeking Justice
![A woman holds a placard during a peaceful demonstration in the Liberian capital Monrovia, July 4, 2006, calling on the visiting U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to establish a war Crimes court in Liberia as a means to bring justice to the country.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210internationaljustice_liberia_universaljurisdiction.jpg?h=0f870833&itok=zob9vFmJ)
August 16, 2023
China: Combat Anti-Black Racism on Social Media
Authorities, Platforms Should Urgently Address Online Hate
![Collage of news headlines on anti-Black racism in China.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308Asia_China_NewsHeadlinesCollage.jpg?h=2e111cc1&itok=B6dqt5yt)
August 15, 2023
An Opportunity to Remedy Inequality in Pakistan
Land Reform Needed to Bring Equality for Rural Women, People in Poverty
![Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded homes after monsoon rains in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh province, Pakistan, September 6, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308asia_pakistan_flood.jpg?h=13bb0b19&itok=cA1T-OIP)
August 15, 2023
Joint Statement – Call for Justice Accountability and Effective Response to Ongoing Violations and Gender Persecution in Afghanistan
![Afghan women demonstrate in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303wrd_afghanistan_women_protesting_kabul.jpg?h=b6b2a568&itok=G8CpStpw)
August 14, 2023
Jordan’s New Cybercrime Law is a Disaster for LGBT People
Vague Provisions Threaten Free Expression Around Gender and Sexuality
![Illustration of a man looking at his phone on his bed](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302mena_lgbt_Yamen_room.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=CSQ5ClID)
August 14, 2023
China’s Social Media Interference Shows Urgent Need for Rules
![Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, November 16, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303Asia_China_ShouZiChew.jpg?h=790be497&itok=f9GndmaX)