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Human Rights Day 2011

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

That’s the first sentence of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations 63 years ago on December 10.

And yet here we are, all these decades later, still fighting tooth and nail to ensure that those 12 words apply to all women…

U.N. Rules that Peru Must Relax Restrictions on Abortion

11.07.11 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, an international human rights body condemned Peru for violating the human rights of a young woman seeking legal abortion services in the country and ruled that the government must ease its restrictions on abortion…

The UN Speaks Out: Women Must Have the Right to Health, the Right to Decide

Last week, the General Assembly of the United Nations heard a blunt, emphatic message: No longer should the world tolerate the tragic, avoidable deaths of tens of thousands of women forced to seek out unsafe, illegal abortions every year…

Kalyani Meena v. Union of India & Ors

Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women)

Centre for Health and Resource Management v. The State of Bihar & Others (2009)

Resources

Bringing Rights to Bear: Preventing Maternal Mortality and Ensuring Safe Pregnancy

Broken Promises: Human Rights, Accountability, and Maternal Death in Nigeria

Claiming Our Rights: Surviving Pregnancy and Childbirth in Mali

Indian Activist Sues State for Neglecting Maternal Mortality

Maternal Mortality in India: Using International and Constitutional Law to Promote Accountability and Change

Beijing+15: No Equality Without Full Enjoyment of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights

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