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March 22, 1994
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1994 Women's International Network. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The Human Rights Watch, which was established in 1990 by the Women's Right Project, aims to eliminate human rights violations against women. It exposes the violations against women that are caused by the negligence of the government to provide them with protection. The Human Rights Watch's primary objective is to increase the visibility of the abuses committed against women to increase the awareness of the people to the presence of such inhuman acts.
"All over the world women suffer fundamental human rights violations solely or in part because they are women. These violations often take gender-specific forms. . . Rape in conflict and in custody. Forced pregnancy and involuntary ...
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