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Heather Barr

@heatherbarr.bsky.social

Women's rights associate director, Human Rights Watch. Alaskan in Cape Town. Queen of typos.

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Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Gender stereotypes pervade every society, and cause enormous harm to everyone--women and girls, men and boys, and anyone who does not neatly fit into binary gender identities. A new UN effort is pushing government to do more to dismantle stereotypes. www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

UN Guidance on Dismantling Gender Stereotypes

Gender stereotypes are such a pervasive part of everyday life that it can be hard to even recognize them—but they do extraordinary damage and are at the root of many forms of inequality and violence.

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Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Women in the United States already face real health consequences, includingpreventable deaths, due to abortion care being denied or delayed. Ending telehealth provision would greatly worsen this crisis. www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

US: Courts Consider Access to Mifepristone via Telehealth

The US Supreme Court paused on Monday an order by the country’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that had inflicted a serious blow to abortion access nationwide. While the immediate danger was temporari...

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Alex Müller@alexhrw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Nepal has a proud history of protecting the rights of LGBT people. Now access to legal gender recognition has stalled. The new government should put procedures in place to ensure that all people can have identity documents that correspond to their gender identity. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

Nepal: Transgender Rights Progress Stalls

Nepali authorities have stopped processing applications for transgender people to change their legal gender on identity documents, regressing on years of progress and undermining the fundamental right...

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Jaana Hirsikangas@jaanahirsikangas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1682 päivää. Neljä ja puoli vuotta. Se on aika, jolloin tytöt Afganistanissa eivät ole saaneet käydä koulua kuudennen luokan jälkeen. 💔

Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On April 23, it was 1,677 days. It will be more when you read this. That’s the number of days girls in Afghanistan have been banned, by Taliban, from study beyond 6th grade. There is an opportunity right now for every country to do something about this. www.moretoherstory.com/stories/a-de...

Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On April 23, it was 1,677 days. It will be more when you read this. That’s the number of days girls in Afghanistan have been banned, by Taliban, from study beyond 6th grade. There is an opportunity right now for every country to do something about this. www.moretoherstory.com/stories/a-de...

A Deadline for the World to Act on Women’s Rights — More to Her Story

A looming U.N. deadline is testing whether governments will act on the systematic repression of women—or let it stand, write the directors of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.

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thomas ruttig #AntiAbschiebungsIndustrie@thomasruttig.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"But former staffers, many of whom are independently continuing the institute’s international work, said they planned to protest what they called the theft of the building on Thursday, during the signing ceremony that will be hosted by Mr. Trump." #USIP via @heatherbarr.bsky.social (over there...)

thomas ruttig #AntiAbschiebungsIndustrie@thomasruttig.bsky.social · 8mo ago

noch'n PS (gurke der vortags, via www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...): trump had the US institute of peace #USIP gutted, its staff fired, called it a "bloated, useless entity." now trump renamed the institute he tried to destroy after himself and had his name fixed at its facade. what a parody.

Ted Underwood@tedunderwood.com · 9mo ago

Saw The Running Man tonight. It’s based on a 1982 book that envisions reality TV producers taking over the US and sending their masked goons to terrorize American cities—which probably sounded implausible at the time.

Gothamist@gothamist.com · 8mo ago

Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses https://gothamist.com/news/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-after-city-alleges-years-of-abuses

Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses

Baristas at a Starbucks on Broadway where workers went on strike in February. The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars. [ more › ]

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Kartik Raj@kartikraj.eurosky.social · 8mo ago

Good riddance to rubbish policy. The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone. We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.

HRW quote card that says, “The UK government’s decision to end the cruel "two-child limit” social security policy is welcome and long-overdue. It forced growing numbers of children and families into poverty and undermined their rights.” Kartik Raj, Europe Senior Researcher
Lou Charbonneau@loucharb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 New from @hrw.org: UN leadership & member states should preserve the UN's long underfunded human rights pillar Independent mechanisms responding to grave crises need to be saved. Cutting or merging them won't solve the UN's funding crisis caused by US, #China & others not paying their dues.

UN Should Protect its Long Underfunded Human Rights Pillar

The United Nations leadership has launched a major reform plan to make the cash-strapped world body more efficient and cost-effective. Unfortunately, it has offered little on how this will impact the ...

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ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)@whatthewomensay.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “80 years, 9 male UN secretaries-general. It’s time for a woman to lead. Gender equality isn’t optional—especially in a world facing rising conflict & human rights crises. @heatherbarr.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN

In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.

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Joerg Lau@joerglau.bsky.social · 8mo ago

„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences. It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.

Human Rights Watch en français@hrw-fr.hrw.org · 8mo ago

En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que l'ONU a choisi son tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis, les 8 autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes. Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions. @heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️ www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Soixante-dix-neuf ans sans femme à la tête de l'ONU

En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que les Nations Unies ont choisi leur tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis lors, les huit autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.

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Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely it’s long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-men’s club at the top of the UN. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN

In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.

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Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely it’s long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-men’s club at the top of the UN. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN

In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.

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Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Activists protested, setting burqas on fire: “We burn this not out of hatred, but for freedom. There is no power stronger than a woman’s will for free life.” “A woman’s body is not a site for [playing] politics.” “Your silence helps the Taliban.” www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Taliban’s Mandatory Burqa in Herat Assaults Women’s Autonomy

The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have recently banned women doctors, patients, and healthcare workers from entering hospitals without wearing a burqa.

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Heather Barr@heatherbarr.bsky.social · 9mo ago

With conflict globally reaching a level not seen since the post-WWII era, better responses to the impact of conflict on women’s rights are urgently important. Conflicts and crises harm women and girls in ways far beyond sexual violence. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

What Escalating Conflict Means for Women and Girls

Conflicts and crises cause harm based on gender. Because women and girls across the globe experience legal, economic, and cultural discrimination, they also experience the impacts of conflict in disti...

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