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Joint Statement by CSOs Working on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Challenging Utterances Undermining the Right to Access Education for Pregnant Learners in Kenya card link

Joint Statement by CSOs Working on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Challenging Utterances Undermining the Right to Access Education for Pregnant Learners in Kenya

“The right to education… is an essential right for children, which has a long-lasting effect on the well-being of children. Education determines the future of children… The obligation of States to respect the right to [...]

Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Kenya,Statement

Court of Appeal Decision (2024)

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care

Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Story

Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Press Releases

Kenya Court of Appeal Decision in County Government of Bungoma v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case Document
Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Soon in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor card link

Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Soon in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor

The Center is defending a 2018 judgment recognizing that the neglect and abuse of women seeking maternity health services are rights violations under the Kenyan Constitution and international law.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Story

News on the Case

Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care, 02.28.24 Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Friday in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to [...]

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,Center in the Spotlight

Josephine’s Story

More about plaintiff Josephine Majani.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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The Right to Quality Maternal Health Care in Kenya: The Josephine Majani Cases card link

The Right to Quality Maternal Health Care in Kenya: The Josephine Majani Cases

The landmark 2018 ruling in Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. Attorney General and 4 Others (Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014)—which recognized the right to quality maternal health care in Kenya—and the appeal of the ruling by Bungoma County.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. the Attorney General and 4 Others (Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014)

The landmark 2018 judgment in this case recognized the right to quality maternal health care in Kenya.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

County Government of Bungoma & 2 Others v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (a.k.a. Josephine Majani) & 2 Others (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

This case involves the appeal by the County Government of Bungoma of a landmark 2018 judgment on the right to maternity care.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

International Safe Abortion Day (ISAD) 2023 Statement from Civil Society Organizations Working in Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya

The Center for Reproductive Rights and ten partner organizations issued a statement on #Sept28, International Safe Abortion Day of 2023, commending the people, governments, and organizations working to advance women's sexual and reproductive health and [...]

Abortion, SRHR General,Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia,Engaging Policymakers,Statement

Kenyan Court Exonerates Health Care Provider and Mother of Adolescent Girl from Abortion Charges

Case’s dismissal aligns with earlier rulings that abortion is a health care right under the Kenyan Constitution.

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.