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Center Holds Seminar for Thai Judges on Legal Issues of Surrogacy in Asia card link

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.

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Progress on Abortion Rights in the Philippines

For the first time, the Philippine Human Rights Commission recommends that abortion be decriminalized.

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UN Treaty Bodies Call for the Philippines to Decriminalize Abortion and Protect Adolescents’ SRHR 

Actions follow years of advocacy by the Center and its national partners.

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Supplementary Report on the Status of Adolescents’ Reproductive Rights in the Philippines: 2022 Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Asia Unit of the Center for Reproductive Rights together with Philippine-based partners submitted supplemental information for the adoption of the list of issues (LOI) for the Republic of the Philippines by the UN Committee [...]

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The Center and Partners Prepare Filipino Youth for Adolescent SRHR Advocacy at the UN

Capacity building workshop strengthens youth’s knowledge and skills to engage with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Submission to the UN Assesses the Philippines’ Progress on SRHR Issues card link

Submission to the UN Assesses the Philippines’ Progress on SRHR Issues

Report to the UPR Working Group by the Center and its partners cites barriers and recommends improvements in access to contraception, maternal health, abortion, and adolescent sex education.

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Maternal Health, SRHR General,Asia, Philippines,At the United Nations,News

Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Philippines by the Center and Partners, 03/29/2022

The Center submitted the report Report on Philippines’ Compliance with its Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights to the 41st Session of the UPR Working Group of the [...]

SRHR General,Asia, Philippines,At the United Nations,Documents

In Op-Ed, the Center’s Jihan Jacob Argues for the Philippines to Follow WHO’s New Guideline and Ensure Abortion Access

“For Filipinos to fully exercise their human rights, they must be able to make free and informed decisions and have access to abortion care.” -- Jacob

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Asia, Philippines,Reporting on Rights,Story

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

The Philippines Decriminalizes Consensual Adolescent Sexual Activity card link

The Philippines Decriminalizes Consensual Adolescent Sexual Activity

For the first time, adolescents in the country are recognized as rights holders who have sexual autonomy.

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Center’s Work Promoting Gender Equality Recognized in the Philippines

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights awards the Center as a valuable partner.

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Engaging in the UPR: Capacity Building for SRHR Advocates in the Philippines

A virtual event held by the Center and its partners.

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The Center’s Work in the Philippines

The Center has been working actively in the Philippines for more than a decade. It has conducted advocacy before United Nations human rights bodies and conducted fact-finding missions and outreach to local advocates and law and policymakers.

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Victory for Children’s Rights: Ending Child Marriage in the Philippines

Law supported by the Center adds serious penalties to combat the harmful practice.

Adolescent SRHR,Asia, Philippines,Reporting on Rights,Story

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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