January 4, 2023
US Government Action May Expand Abortion Access
Retail Pharmacies Able to Offer Mifepristone, but Barriers Remain
![A patient in a Kansas clinic prepares to take the first of two pills for a medical abortion.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/01/202301usp_usa_abortion_pills_kansas.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=7LqoLKSo)
January 4, 2023
The Fight for Women’s Rights is a Fight Against Authoritarianism
![Abortion rights activists celebrate in front of Colombia’s Constitutional Court in Bogota, Colombia, February 21, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202americas_colombia_womensrights_abortion.jpg?h=206ca7eb&itok=D8_jHOsT)
December 26, 2022
Beer And Boycotts: Why FIFA’s Corporate Sponsors Should Back Rights Reforms After World Cup
![Construction workers in Doha, Qatar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/11/202211mena_qatar_migrant_workers_doha.jpg?h=ab8652f3&itok=ttlv4-ei)
December 20, 2022
Afghan University Women Feared This Dark Day
Taliban’s Ban on Women Attending Universities a Cruel Assault on Rights
![Afghan female students line up at one of Kabul University's gates](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212asia_afghanistan_women_university.jpg?h=07e42fce&itok=U3h2RCqS)
December 17, 2022
Veto of Discriminatory Poland Sex Ed Bill Shows Power of Protest
Public Demands End to Government Attacks on Rights
![People attend a “Stop Lex Czarnek” protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_poland_stop_lex_czarnek_protest.jpg?h=8b7966f8&itok=CLzCoet7)
December 15, 2022
Poland: Rule of Law Erosion Harms Women, LGBT People
EU Action Needed to End Undermining of Institutions that Protect Rights
![Woman holds a Women's Strike symbol during protest against what they view as an erosion of women’s rights under Poland’s conservative ruling party, Warsaw, Poland, November. 28, 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_Poland_rol1.jpg?h=6778bc9f&itok=KTwPN7FV)
December 14, 2022
South African Leadership Makes Moves to Decriminalize Sex Work
Decades of Activism by Sex Workers Has Highlighted Dangers of Criminalization
![South African women's rights groups and sex workers demonstrate outside the magistrate court in Johannesburg](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212africa_southafrica_sexworkers.jpg?h=615aab5b&itok=aAyDg7km)
December 12, 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
94th Pre-session
December 8, 2022
Poland: Veto Bill Targeting Sex Ed
Would Promote Discrimination, Encourage Harmful Propaganda
![People attend 'Stop Lex Czarnek' protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on February 15, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212wrd_poland_LexCzarnek.jpg?h=46b6ef24&itok=3sha9CbC)
December 8, 2022
Letter Concerning the Use of Federal Aid in Abortion Surveillance
December 8, 2022
Shackled in Ghana for Mental Health Conditions
They Broke Her Spirit but Should Instead Break the Chains
![A woman with a real or perceived psychosocial disability is chained in a room at Mount Horeb Prayer Camp in Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212drd_ghana_mental_health_chained.jpg?h=60302be3&itok=O434UjIW)
December 8, 2022
Indonesia: New Criminal Code Disastrous for Rights
Provisions Harmful to Women, Minorities, Free Speech
December 5, 2022
Ban Taliban from the Olympic Movement
Forcing Afghan Women, Girls Out of Sport Violates IOC Charter
![Jiu Jitsu club members look at a wall with posters at their club ahead of a training session in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212asia_afghanistan_femaleathletes.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=HtXWItiA)