New Delhi, India Media AdvisoryWhat:Indian release of Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives – South Asia.A groundbreaking study, this report by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights and local Asian partners, including the Lawyers Collective in India, exposes the Indian government’s failure to address the reproductive health crisis befalling […]
Our Women of the World reports document laws and policies which impact women’s reproductive and sexual health and shape their reproductive choices. Reproductive rights are internationally recognized as critical to both advancing women’s human rights and promoting development. In recent years, governments worldwide have acknowledged and pledged to advance reproductive rights to an unprecedented degree. […]
European Court of Human Rights Rules Poland’s Denial of Legal Reproductive Care Violates Human Rights (Updated 4.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland’s failure to ensure the applicant’s timely access to prenatal diagnostic examinations and information, which would have enabled her to decide whether or not to seek a legal abortion, violated her rights under the European Convention […]
reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_bo_WOWSA.gif The Center for Reproductive Rights’ report, Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives – South Asia, is the first extensive examination of laws and policies that influence women’s reproductive health in five countries of the region – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The report, which is based on […]
Calls on Governments to Take Immediate Steps to Protect Women’s Health and Lives New York | Read MoreSouth Asian governments must work much harder to serve the reproductive health needs and promote the autonomy of the women in their region, according to a new report released today by the Center for Reproductive Rights. As a […]