Access to Quality Care
Unheard Voices: Women’s Experiences with Zika in Brazil
The goal of this report is threefold: firstly, it presents and evaluates the diverse impact that the Zika virus has had on the reproductive lives of women living in Brazil. Secondly, this report analyzes the response to the Zika epidemic through both a public health and human rights lens, ultimately finding that there was a […]
Unheard Voices: Women’s Experiences with Zika – The Global Response
The goal of this report series is threefold: firstly, it presents and evaluates the diverse impacts that the Zika virus has had on the reproductive lives of women living in Colombia, Brazil, and El Salvador. Secondly, these reports analyze the global response to the Zika epidemic through both a public health and human rights lens, […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Arrest of Pregnant Schoolgirls in Tanzania
The Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Arrest of Pregnant Schoolgirls in Tanzania The Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Arrest of Pregnant Schoolgirls in Tanzania (PRESS RELEASE) Five schoolgirls who became pregnant and their parents were arrested last week following a local government directive, despite no laws forbidding teenagers from becoming pregnant. Everyone was later released […]
The Economist: Fertile grounds for hope
The Economist: Fertile grounds for hope Evelyne Opondo * SIR – Although it is true that modern contraception could play an important role in lowering birth rates in sub-Saharan Africa, governments must ensure that women and girls are getting both the information and the services they need to make good personal health decisions. In Tanzania […]
Concluding Observations on Tanzania Recommend a Number of Reforms
Concluding Observations on Tanzania Recommend a Number of Reforms In August, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) regarding sexual and reproductive rights in Tanzania. The Committee’s concluding observations, which were released in November reflected several key concerns in the shadow letter: […]
Concluding Observations and Shadow Letter on Tanzania, 2012
In August, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) regarding sexual and reproductive rights in Tanzania. The Committee’s concluding observations, which were released in November, reflected several key concerns in the shadow letter. Read both documents below. reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_Tanzania_Concluding_Observations_2012.pdf reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_Tanzania_Shadow_Letter_2012.pdf
Time for Action
Brazil: Time for Action In August 2011, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) struck a blow for women worldwide when it recognized—in the first preventable maternal death case to go before an international human rights body—that governments have an inescapable obligation to guarantee maternal health services to every woman […]
India Pushed to Prioritize Women’s Health
India Pushed to Prioritize Women’s Health reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/India-HP.jpg Late last week, India came under pressure during its review before the U.N. Human Rights Council for continually failing to make the health of women and girls a priority. The Council, a body of countries that peer-review other countries’ human rights records, specifically pointed to India having the […]
Progress on Accountability for Maternal Health Care and Mortality in Bihar, India
In India last month, the Division Bench of Patna with the State High Court of Bihar (High Court) handed down an order holding the state responsible for failing to protect, respect, and fulfill the rights of pregnant women. The panel is requiring the government to account for nearly $680 million from a national program called […]