03.05.10 - On March 8, the
Center for Reproductive Rights joins women around the world in celebrating the
100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, as well as the
official launch of UN Women, the newly created United Nations agency that is
dedicated to advancing gender equality worldwide.
As we honor the
tremendous strides women have made in the past century, we call on governments
and the international community to immediately and decisively confront the
obstacles that remain on the path to gender equality, including pervasive
violations of women’s reproductive rights…
