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New Fact Sheet Examines Sri Lanka Abortion Laws, Policies and Practices
Although the country criminalizes abortion, it is available clandestinely—and unsafe abortion is the third leading cause of maternal deaths.
Although the country criminalizes abortion, it is available clandestinely—and unsafe abortion is the third leading cause of maternal deaths.
Developed by the Center and its partner, the Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ), this fact sheet examines the laws and practices around abortion in Sri Lanka.
One in five African teenage girls experiences pregnancy before turning 19. This ACERWC report—supported by the Center—outlines how the crisis can be reformed through education, human rights frameworks, and community intervention.
The event was part of efforts by the Center’s Africa team and its partners to have boys and girls share their experiences and concerns about sexual and reproductive health and rights issues.
Uganda adolescent addresses the East African Legislative Assembly about sexual and reproductive health and rights issues and concerns.
This summary report is a collaborative submission by the Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center), the Health Development Initiative (HDI), and the Great Lakes Initiative for Human Rights and Development (GLIHD) to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). It provides key highlights of the supplementary information on Rwanda’s compliance with its […]
This report by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was developed in partnership and with contributions from the African Child Policy Forum, Plan International, and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
“The right to education… is an essential right for children, which has a long-lasting effect on the well-being of children. Education determines the future of children… The obligation of States to respect the right to education entails that States should not interfere with the right to education of girls, rather they should provide enabling policies, […]
Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.