Seven years ago this month, on September 27, 2002, Nepal took a historic step forward for women by decriminalizing abortion. The Center is now calling on the country to take concrete steps to fulfill its commitment to women’s human rights and health. Nepal’s Constitution Recognizes Reproductive Rights Since 2002, Nepali women have had the legal […]
The Center filed a memorandum of support for Kalyani Meena v. Union of India &, Ors, a case developed in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) of India in 2008 to address the overwhelming number of preventable deaths of women who die either in pregnancy or childbirth in the north Indian state. Case filed: […]
Attorneys from HRLN conducted a fact-finding mission in 2010 that led to the subsequent withdrawal of the case in favor of refiling based on fresh evidence documenting reproductive rights violations in Bihar. For more information on the refiled case, please see CHARM v. The State of Bihar and Others (2011). Filing Date: January 2009 (Original […]
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April 11 is National Safe Motherhood Day in India. On this day, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls on India to take urgent measures to reduce the country’s staggering number of maternal deaths and injuries. Over 100,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year in India. For every woman who dies, some 30-50 women develop […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/india_report.jpg In a new report, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls for legal action in response to India’s staggering maternal mortality problem. Despite the country’s growing economy and an ambitious rural health initiative, over 100,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year, more than anywhere else in the world. Many more suffer debilitating complications that […]