Members of the Center’s international advocacy team will travel to Geneva, Switzerland this month to urge the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) to take a stand on women’s sexual and reproductive rights. During this 45th session of the CEDAW Committee, the Center is expressing particular concern over the Egyptian government’s […]
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Croatia. The shadow letter discussed the state’s systematic failure to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in its schools and the negative impact of this policy on adolescent health. The Center also […]
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Ecuador. The letter highlighted the failure of the government to protect girls against sexual violence in schools and to ensure that adolescents have access to essential reproductive and sexual health care services. The […]
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Ecuador. The letter highlighted the failure of the government to protect girls against sexual violence in schools and to ensure that adolescents have access to essential reproductive and sexual health care services. The […]
Yesterday, the Center launched a new video campaign on healthcare that shows the arbitrary nature of current federal funding restrictions on abortion. We highlight the harmful impact of the Hyde Amendment and the double standard when it comes to how federal tax dollars are spent. We asked some popular progressive bloggers and activists, including Jay […]
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Egypt, in preparation for the Committee’s review of Egypt at its 45th session. The shadow letter highlighted areas of concern, including: high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, the prevalence of unsafe abortion, lack […]
In December 2008, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with ASTRA, intervened at a hearing in the European Parliament and held meetings with the European Commission regarding the proposal for a Directive on non-discriminatory access to goods and services. The text of the Directive as proposed by the Commission prohibited discrimination on the grounds on […]
In March and September of 2009, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with the Center for Education, Counseling and Research (CESI), and Interights, submitted shadow letters on Croatia to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which reviewed Croatia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at its 97th session in October 2009. […]
The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, in cooperation with the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Network of East-West Women, hosted the first session of the Third Women’s Human Rights Training Institute from November 12 to 18, 2009, in Sofia, Bulgaria. The first session is an introductory session on the three main themes of the Institute: […]
In 2002, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with its partner Poradna, conducted a fact finding mission into the forced and coerced sterilization of Roma women in public hospitals in eastern Slovakia. The report Body and Soul: Forced Sterilization and Other Assaults on Roma Reproductive Freedom documented the mission’s findings, outlined international human rights standards […]
