African Committee Recommends Tanzania Reform Policies That Barred Pregnant Girls from School
Ruling by ACERWC in case brought by the Center and its partner marks a victory for adolescent girls in Tanzania and beyond.
Ruling by ACERWC in case brought by the Center and its partner marks a victory for adolescent girls in Tanzania and beyond.
En 2002, Francisca decidió tener su primer hijo, pero en la primera etapa de su embarazo la diagnosticaron VIH. Ella tomó las medidas para reducir el contagio vertical al feto y dio a luz mediante una cesárea, pero fue en ese momento que el personal médico decidió practicarle una esterilización no consentida. En un acto […]
On May 26, President Gabriel Boric of Chile delivered a public apology to Francisca, a woman with HIV who was sterilized without her consent after giving birth in 2002. The apology is part of a settlement in a case brought by the Center for Reproductive rights and Vivo Positivo, a Chilean-based HIV/AIDS service organization, which […]
Today, a Chilean woman named Francisca received a public apology from the Chilean government for having been sterilized without her authorization after giving birth in 2002.
Santiago de Chile, Mayo 26 de 2022 – Hoy Francisca, como es conocida la sobreviviente por motivos de reserva de identidad, logró que el Estado chileno reconociera su responsabilidad internacional por los hechos que enfrentó en el año 2002, cuando su capacidad de gestar le fue arrebatada por parte de personal de salud. Se trató […]
Case of Britez Arce et. al. v. Argentina Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2022) Issue: Obstetric violence in Latin America and the Caribbean Center Position: Obstetric violence is a form of gender-based violence. This case concerned a pregnant Argentinian woman, Cristina Britez Arce, whose death resulted from inadequate medical treatment. The Center filed an amicus […]
The agreement provides justice for Francisca–a woman with HIV forcibly sterilized in a Chilean hospital–after a years-long effort by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Vivo Positivo at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has agreed to hear a maternal mortality complaint against Nigeria in a case brought by the Dullah Omar Institute of the University of the Western Cape, the Africa Alliance, the Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The case, which was […]
For too long, women in Costa Rica have been denied legal abortion services—help us fight back. Your voice counts – sign the petition now to urge the Costa Rican government to permit women to receive the medical care they need. 10.12.17 – When Aurora, a Costa Rican woman, and her husband found out she was […]
Chile to Pass Historic Bill that Decriminalizes Abortion in Certain Circumstances Chile to Pass Historic Bill that Decriminalizes Abortion in Certain Circumstances (PRESS RELEASE) Today Chile’s Constitutional Tribunal voted 6 to 4 to pass an abortion bill that will allow women to access safe and legal abortion services in cases of life-endangerment, rape, and fatal fetal […]