Advocating for Abortion Reform in the Philippines
New brief outlines the impact of the country’s restrictive laws and recommends legalization and decriminalization.
New brief outlines the impact of the country’s restrictive laws and recommends legalization and decriminalization.
This brief outlines the impact of the Philippines’ abortion laws and advocates for the decriminalization of abortion in the country.
100+ participants learn about surrogacy laws, case studies and key cases in several Asian countries to help improve legal standards in the region.
For the first time, the Philippine Human Rights Commission recommends that abortion be decriminalized.
Actions follow years of advocacy by the Center and its national partners.
The Asia Unit of the Center for Reproductive Rights together with Philippine-based partners submitted supplemental information for the adoption of the list of issues (LOI) for the Republic of the Philippines by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. This submission presents updates and information on key issues affecting adolescents’ reproductive rights in […]
Capacity building workshop strengthens youth’s knowledge and skills to engage with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Report to the UPR Working Group by the Center and its partners cites barriers and recommends improvements in access to contraception, maternal health, abortion, and adolescent sex education.
The Center submitted the report Report on Philippines’ Compliance with its Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights to the 41st Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council. This report was submitted in partnership with The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Catholics […]
“For Filipinos to fully exercise their human rights, they must be able to make free and informed decisions and have access to abortion care.” — Jacob