Refugees from Ukraine Still Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care Two Years into War
Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.
Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.
15.02.24 (STATEMENT) – The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the groundbreaking inclusion of legal guarantees for access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in new EU legislation on violence against women. This week, EU Member States formally endorsed the agreement reached between the EU institutions on a new EU Directive on violence […]
The Center’s report recommending actions by EU institutions to ensure continued progress on gender equality and SRHR.
17 October 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Today, the European Parliament held a plenary debate on the situation of refugee women from Ukraine, including their access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The debate addressed the serious barriers refugee women from Ukraine continue to face in some member states when they need sexual and […]
European governments and the European Union are called on to ensure barriers don’t impede access to critical services.
20.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Many refugee women and girls who have sought sanctuary and safety in Europe are still being denied access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. The consequences of such barriers are far-reaching, posing significant risks to the health and well-being […]
16.05.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Women from Ukraine who sought sanctuary in the European Union often experience a series of entrenched barriers when seeking access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. A new study released today by a collective of nine national and international human […]
Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.
The Center for Reproductive Rights and eight partner organizations documented the gaps and barriers in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services that are faced by refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in a new in-depth, multi-country fact-finding report, Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and […]
Report by the Regional Gender Task Force developed by the Center and other organizations.