Women's Rights Project

January/Former Yugoslavia: (with Helsinki Watch) To investigate reports of widespread rape of women by all parties to the conflict and to work with local groups to develop methods for accurate documentation of rape.

February/Thailand: (with Asia Watch) To document the trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for the purposes of forcedprostitution and state complicity or toleration of such abuse.

July/Turkey: (with Helsinki Watch) To investigate reports of forced gynecological exams by police and other state actors to control women's and girls' virginity.

July/Kenya: (with Africa Watch) To investigate reports of rape of Somali refugee women in camps in Kenyan territory.

June-August/Pakistan: (with Asia Watch) To conduct research on the trafficking of Bangladeshi women into Pakistan.

November/Brazil: (with Americas Watch) To conduct follow-up

investigation on violence against women and investigate forced

prostitution of Brazilian girls in the Amazon region.