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African Commission to Hear Case on Maternal Deaths Brought by the Center and Partners
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has agreed to hear a maternal mortality complaint against Nigeria in a case brought by the Dullah Omar Institute of the University of the Western Cape, the Africa Alliance, the Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The case, which was […]
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Unheard Voices: Women’s Experiences with Zika in El Salvador
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 El Salvador. Secondly, the report analyzes the response to the Zika epidemic through both a public health and human rights lens, ultimately finding that there was […]
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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, […]
Nigeria’s Federal High Court Strikes Out Civil Society Organization’s Case of a Woman Who Was Illegally Detained and Died During Confinement
(PRESS RELEASE) The family of a woman who was illegally detained for the inability to clear her medical bill and denied emergency services leading to her death, yesterday had their case dismissed by the Federal High Court in Nigeria, due to a procedural irregularity that should not be applicable if the court had addressed the case […]
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Freedom Denied
After 10 years of wrongful imprisonment after she had a stillbirth, our client Teodora was again denied her freedom. [UPDATE] Following 11 years of wrongful imprisonment after suffering an obstetric emergency, the Salvadoran Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety commuted Teodora’s sentence and released her today. In their […]
21 Members Of Congress Call On El Salvador To Decriminalize Abortion
21 Members Of Congress Call On El Salvador To Decriminalize Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Today Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Norma J. Torres delivered a letter from 21 Members of Congress, including House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel, calling on President Sánchez Cerén of El Salvador and President of the Salvadoran Congress Guillermo Gallegos […]
Salvadoran Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned After Miscarriage Granted Asylum
Salvadoran Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned After Miscarriage Granted Asylum (PRESS RELEASE) This week the Swedish Migration Agency granted asylum to Maria Teresa, a Salvadoran woman wrongfully imprisoned after a miscarriage who was absolved and released in May 2016. The Swedish Migration Agency is allowing Maria Teresa and her son to live in Sweden, as well as […]
U.N. Committee: El Salvador Must Repeal Total Abortion Ban
U.N. Committee: El Salvador Must Repeal Total Abortion Ban (PRESS RELEASE) El Salvador should repeal its total abortion ban and pass a law that decriminalizes abortion in limited circumstances, according to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). In its recommendations, CEDAW called on the government to expedite a proposed […]
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A Duty to Protect
The Zika outbreak threatens dire consequences in countries that have failed to prioritize women’s health and human rights. Katia lives in El Salvador, one of several Latin American countries where the government has advised women to avoid pregnancy due to the spread of Zika virus. Mosquito-borne and sometimes sexually transmitted, the disease has been linked […]