Maternal Health
Caso Eulogia Guzmán y su hijo Sergio Vs. Perú
Eulogia es una mujer campesina y quechuahablante que quería tener un parto vertical y en casa, conforme a sus tradiciones y de la misma forma que había tenido a sus otros cinco hijos. Sin embargo, el Estado peruano desconoció sus prácticas culturales frente al embarazo y parto al forzarla a dar a luz en un […]
Eulogiamanta Sergio wawanmantawan Peru suyuman churapakusqankumanta
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children, but the Peruvian government ignored her cultural practices regarding pregnancy and afterbirth care. Sergio, the baby, was diagnosed with a functional diversity that led to multiple disabilities […]
Case of Eulogia Guzmán and her son Sergio v. Peru
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical and home birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children. However, the Peruvian state disregarded her cultural practices regarding pregnancy and childbirth by forcing her to give birth in a health center, abandoning her during […]
The Human Rights Committee Urges Malawi to Safeguard Sexual and Reproductive Rights
In July 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee), which monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, released its concluding observations on Malawi, urging the government to take immediate steps to address reproductive rights violations. The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) had submitted a shadow letter to […]
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Perú for Ending Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilization
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Perú for Ending Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilization Center for Reproductive Rights calls out state for failing to comply with its obligations before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) Following the recent announcement that the Peruvian government ended its criminal investigation into the forced sterilization of hundreds of […]
Brazilian Government Gives Monetary Reparations As Part of Historic United Nations Maternal Death Case
Brazilian Government Gives Monetary Reparations As Part of Historic United Nations Maternal Death Case (PRESS RELEASE) In a ceremony today, the Brazilian government gave monetary reparations to Maria Lourdes da Silva Pimentel, the mother of Alyne—an Afro-Brazilian woman who did not receive immediate medical attention for her pregnancy complications and later died. The reparations are […]
Women’s Rights in the Dominican Republic Take Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Women’s Rights in the Dominican Republic Take Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) Reproductive health and human rights advocates testified today in Washington, D.C. on women’s rights issues, including discrimination, violence and reproductive rights violations in the Dominican Republic. Despite clear and consistent evidence that restrictive abortion laws do nothing […]
Brazil Takes Step to Implement Historic United Nations Ruling in Maternal Death Case
Brazil Takes Step to Implement Historic United Nations Ruling in Maternal Death Case United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Approves Monetary Reparations Agreement with Brazilian Government for the Mother of Alyne da Silva Pimentel (PRESS RELEASE) The Brazilian government has agreed to pay reparations as part of the first United […]
Perú Ends Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilizations
Perú Ends Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilizations Center for Reproductive Rights calls out state for failing to comply with its obligations before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) Peruvian prosecutors have closed their investigation of former president Alberto Fujimori and his administration’s health officials’ involvement in a mass forced sterilization of hundreds […]