Margaret Wurth
Human Rights Watch
New York, NY, United States
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Unprotected by Labor Law, Child Farmworkers Risk Health and Lives
A devastating new investigation by the New York Times found migrant children across the United States working in dangerous jobs in violation of US child labor laws. But there is even more to this story. → Read More
US Government Action May Expand Abortion Access
The United States government took an important step to reduce barriers to abortion access this week. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated on January 3 that US retail pharmacies will be allowed to dispense mifepristone, a pill used in medical abortion. → Read More
46 Congressmembers Urge US to Protect Child Farmworkers
This week, 46 members of the United States House of Representatives urged Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to issue new regulations to protect child farmworkers. → Read More
US States Should Protect Youth Abortion Access
As people in the United States prepare for the Supreme Court’s likely overturning of Roe v. Wade, lawmakers in many US states are moving to safeguard abortion access. Removing barriers young people face in accessing abortion care should be a top priority. → Read More
On World Day Against Child Labor, US Should Protect Young Farmworkers
As the world marks another World Day Against Child Labor, US leaders should commit to ending child labor at home. → Read More
Covid-19 Vaccine Access is a Right, Not a Privilege
As we enter another year of this wretched pandemic that has killed more than 6 million the divide between the vaccine haves and have-nots is not only huge, it’s growing. → Read More
US Government Should End Child Labor at Home
Changes to US law and regulations to protect child farmworkers are long overdue. → Read More
Rich Countries Must Stop "Vaccine Apartheid"
Each passing day underscores the urgency of expanding Covid-19 vaccine access. The gulf between vaccine haves and have-nots has been denounced as “vaccine apartheid". → Read More
Reinforcing Rights Can Help Avert Failure on Covid-19 Vaccines
The warnings about vaccine nationalism started early. As governments poured massive amounts of public money into the race to develop Covid-19 vaccines, experts from around the world warned that, with limited supplies, vaccines would not become a global public good if rich countries were able to monopolize or dominate the available doses only for themselves. → Read More
Reinforcing Rights Can Help Avert Failure on Covid-19 Vaccines
The warnings about vaccine nationalism started early. As governments poured massive amounts of public money into the race to develop Covid-19 vaccines, experts from around the world warned that, with limited supplies, vaccines would not become a global public good if rich countries were able to monopolize or dominate the available doses only for themselves. → Read More
Historic Commitment to End Worst Forms of Child Labor
The world reached an important milestone this week in the fight to end child labor. All 187 member countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO) have now committed to eliminate hazardous work endangering children around the world. → Read More
Florida Imposes Forced Parental Consent for Abortion
Two days after the United States Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would have limited access to abortion, a harmful new abortion restriction is going into effect in Florida. → Read More
Fight For Girls' Abortion Rights In Florida
Today, on the 47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade – when the US Supreme Court affirmed access to abortion as a constitutional right – Florida legislators are considering a bill that would threaten adolescent girls’ access to abortion. → Read More
What Life is Like When Abortion is Banned
As Republicans in states around the country pass sweeping abortion bans, I think about what life could be like for women and girls if these laws take effect. I don’t have to use my imagination. Women and girls across Latin America are already living in places where abortion is heavily restricted or completely banned. In the past year, I’ve done research for Human Rights Watch in two countries… → Read More
Life or Death Choices for Women Living Under Honduras’ Abortion Ban
Abortion in all instances, including rape, is illegal in Honduras. Any woman who has an abortion, and anyone found to have helped her, can be charged with a crime and imprisoned. This is what it looks like for women, doctors, and activists who live there. → Read More
No Girl Should be Forced into Motherhood After Rape
Sexual violence against girls in Latin America and the Caribbean is a serious human rights and public health concern, with thousands of rape survivors under 14 giving birth each year. → Read More
Brazil Court Delay Leaves Zika Families in Limbo
Families raising children with Zika syndrome face yet another delay in their struggle to secure the help they need after Brazil’s supreme court withdrew a significant case from its agenda. → Read More
Brazil's Zika Babies Are Growing Up
Three-year-old Gaby has long curly hair, two brothers, and a wheelchair that helps her get around her home in Brazil. → Read More
Brazil Vice President Supports ‘Right to Decide’ on Abortion
Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão publicly supported a woman’s right to decide to have an abortion in an interview published today in O Globo. → Read More
More US Child Workers Die in Agriculture Than in Any Other Industry
More than half of work-related deaths among children in the US occur in agriculture, according to a new US government report published this week. → Read More