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CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan

04.23.13 -  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently issued concluding observations from its February review of Pakistan's compliance with CEDAW and called out the government for lack of access to health care and policies that routinely ignore…

Philippine Supreme Court Delays Implementation of Landmark Reproductive Health Law

03.21.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) Earlier today the Philippine Supreme Court ordered a three-month delay in the implementation of a new groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free access to nearly all modern contraceptives for all citizens, including impoverished communities, through government health…

Guardian: Philippines needs resolute political support on reproductive health

03.19.13 - Women in the Philippines have lacked autonomy over their bodies for decades…

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Abandoned During Labor, Woman Sues Gov't
Salenta Singh suffered a debilitating injury after she went to a public hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India to give birth—and was left alone while in labor…
Nepal Supreme Court: Abortion Is a Right
In a recent decision in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v. Nepal, the Supreme Court of Nepal ruled that the country’s government must guarantee access to safe and affordable abortion services. Specifically, it affirmed the need for a comprehensive abortion law and emphasized the government’s obligation to ensure that no woman is denied a legal abortion just because she cannot pay for it…
RH Reality Check: Nepal Advances As U.S. Backslides on Women's Rights
As the U.S. Congress launches one of the most vicious attacks against women’s health in recent history, the Supreme Court of Nepal has officially issued a groundbreaking decision on women's reproductive rights that turns on its head patriarchal notions of the government’s right to interfere in women’s decisions about their bodies…