Center Holds Seminar for Thai Judges on Legal Issues of Surrogacy in Asia
100+ participants learn about surrogacy laws, case studies and key cases to help improve legal standards in the region.
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Examines Pakistan’s Lack of Progress on SRHR Issues
Report outlines country’s failure on sexual and reproductive health rights and services and recommends laws and policies to improve access.
Joint Submission to Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan
The Center for Reproductive Rights and Aahung, a Karachi-based NGO, presented this joint submission on July 13, 2022, to supplement the report of the Government of Pakistan scheduled for review in the 42nd session of [...]
Pakistan’s Sindh Government Increases Access to Obstetric Fistula Repair Services to Comply with Orders by the High Court
Ruling in Sayed v. Sindh marks major progress in improving maternal health, especially for women living on low incomes.
Fact Sheet: Syed & Others v. Sindh
The ruling in Syed & Others v. Sindh by the Sindh High Court ordered Pakistan's Sindh government to increase access to obstetric fistula repair services. The case was conceptualized by the Center's South Asia Reproductive [...]
The Center’s Work in Pakistan
Obstetric Fistula Pakistan’s Sindh Government Increases Access to Obstetric Fistula Repair Services to Comply with Orders by the High Court, 01.20.22 Pakistan Court Orders Implementation of Measures to Address Obstetric Fistula The forgotten, rejected and [...]
Safe Abortion Through Medical Abortion and Self-Management in Select Asian Countries
Published collaboratively by Center for Reproductive Rights and South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI), this paper outlines the existing public health standards and the current human rights standards on abortion including medical and self-managed abortions.
Impact of COVID-19 on Reproductive Health and Rights in Sindh
The Center for Reproductive Rights collaborated with the Collective for Social Science Research to conduct a fact-finding on the impact of COVID-19 on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls in [...]
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April COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gendered Issues in Asia
Newsletter of the April 2020 updates regarding COVID-19’s effects on SRH services and gender issues throughout the Asia-Pacific region, more specifically: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, and the Philippines. The Nepal RHRWG, [...]
PAPAC Statement – COVID-19 and Postabortion Care
A statement endorsed by the Center and released by the Pakistan Alliance on Post-Abortion Care (PAPAC) calling on the government and service providers to ensure the availability of safe abortion services during the pandemic.
Pakistan Court Orders Implementation of Measures to Address Obstetric Fistula
Pakistan Court Orders Implementation of Measures to Address Obstetric Fistula The Center for Reproductive rights welcomes a ruling by the Sindh High Court in Pakistan directing the government to implement measures to provide access to [...]
The forgotten, rejected and neglected women of Pakistan: Kiran’s story.
Government of Sindh must take action to protect the thousands of women afflicted with obstetric fistula UPDATE, January 2019: In response to the petition, the Health Department of Sindh has committed to establishing four fistula [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.