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Guinea: Thousands of Girls Face Abuse as Domestic Workers

June 15, 2007

"Girls recruited into domestic work in Guinea often live in conditions akin to slavery, and many are victims of trafficking," said Juliane Kippenberg, a children's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch and the author of the report. "The new government urgently needs to take concrete measures to protect girl domestic workers."

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Mexico: Rape Victims Denied Legal Abortion

March 6, 2006

Mexican officials actively prevent rape victims from gaining access to legal and safe abortion, and they fail to punish rape and sexual violence inside and outside the family, said Human Rights Watch in a report released today.


rape victims have the legal right to a safe abortion under all state criminal codes.

Girls are even less protected than adult women under law.

they penalize the underage victim at the same level as the adult perpetrator.