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This week, Human Rights Watch launched an index categorizing countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region based on their laws around the violent discipline of children.
The MENA region has some of the highest levels of corporal punishment in the world. Surveys have found that more than 90 percent of children suffer physical punishment at least once a month in countries like Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, while the lowest rate – 50 percent – was in Qatar.
We analyzed the situation in 19 countries, finding that most lack the laws needed to end violent disciplinary punishment, while some have laws that explicitly permit it.
Corporal punishment impedes the happy and healthy development of children to their fullest potential, and is an enemy to their education. Children in the Middle East and North Africa deserve more, not less, protection from assault, and schools that are safe places to learn.
The latest vicious cycle of bloodshed and repression, centered in East Jerusalem and Gaza, underscores the reality of apartheid and persecution for millions of Palestinians.
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed violence against women as one of the most far-reaching and persistent rights abuses, and a daily threat to the lives and health of women and girls around the world.
Andrew Hughes, a high-altitude mountaineer and endurance athlete, is attempting an achievement only 40 other people have accomplished: climbing Mt. Everest and then completing the Seven Summits, reaching the summit of Lhotse within 24 hours. Andrew is looking to raise $29,032 for HRW’s Environment and Human Rights Division - a dollar for every foot of elevation.
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