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Adolescent Voices Matter: The Inspiring Journey of Brian Kumakech, a 15-Year-Old Reproductive Health Champion
Uganda adolescent addresses the East African Legislative Assembly about sexual and reproductive health and rights issues and concerns.
Uganda adolescent addresses the East African Legislative Assembly about sexual and reproductive health and rights issues and concerns.
PRESS STATEMENT 02.18.2022 Statement by Evelyne Opondo, Senior Regional Director for Africa, Center for Reproductive Rights: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) notes with concern, the move by the Ministry of Education in the Republic of Mozambique, to withdraw a set of Grade 7 textbooks from its education curriculum. The unfortunate move will indubitably […]
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: […]
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. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_Tanzania_Concluding_Observations_2012.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_Tanzania_Shadow_Letter_2012.pdf
In July 2011, the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged the governments of Nepal, Costa Rica, and Zambia to improve their record on reproductive rights. The Center for Reproductive Rights, along with our partners, played an important role by submitting shadow letters that informed the CEDAW Committee’s recommendations. Nepal: Despite […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_nigeria_4.jpg (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and its partners in Nigeria Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) strongly urged the government of Nigeria to take immediate steps to follow recommendations from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) and more aggressively address the sexual and reproductive […]
During its June session, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors states’ implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, released its concluding observations on Nigeria’s compliance with its international obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of the child. The Center for Reproductive Rights and our […]
03.03.10 – The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the latest concluding observations for Egypt from the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which urged the Egyptian government to protect and promote women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. The CEDAW Committee’s recommendations closely track the areas of concern raised by the Egyptian […]
In 2009, the Center, in collaboration with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee highlighting Egypt’s failure to promote and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights. The Committee addressed a number of the issues raised by the Center in its concluding observations to the Egyptian government. These […]
An International Human Right: Sexuality Education for Adolescents in Schools https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WEB_pub_fac_sexed_10.10.pdf