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Human Rights Day 2011

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…

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Thirty years ago, women’s rights activists first marked November 25 as the day on which the world would demand an end to all physical and sexual abuse targeted at women…

In Focus: Uganda

The Center for Reproductive Rights has embarked on a series of new projects in Uganda as part of its wider work in the African region…