In July 2011, the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged the governments of Nepal, Costa
Rica, and Zambia to improve their record on reproductive rights…
On June 7, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Justice for All, and the Women's Reproductive Rights Program of the Centre for Agro-Ecology and
Development submitted a shadow letter to the 49th session of the Committee on the Elimination of
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. …
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…
