Malaysia
Innovative litigation filed against three countries to protect girls’ rights in Latin America
Geneva (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Global, Mujeres Transformando el Mundo Guatemala (MTM), Observatorio en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva Guatemala (OSAR), Surkuna Ecuador, Fundación Desafío and Asociación de Mujeres Axayacatl filed a lawsuit with the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) on behalf of four girls, all survivors of sexual violence from Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The cases demand […]
Nepalese Migrant Worker Free After Wrongful Imprisonment in Malaysia
Nepalese Migrant Worker Free After Wrongful Imprisonment in Malaysia Nirmala Thape has been set free following a yearlong ordeal during which she was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned after having an abortion in Malaysia. The 24-year-old migrant worker from Nepal had been arrested in the clinic where she had an abortion last October. According to an […]
Imprisoned in Malaysia After Legal Abortion
Imprisoned in Malaysia After Legal Abortion https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/malaysia_prison.jpg UPDATE: Following her conviction in November 2014, Nirmala’s case was appealed to the Penang High Court earlier this month. The judge determined that because she was not provided adequate interpretation at her trial, the conviction was invalid. She was ordered to reenter her plea and released on bail. […]
Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives East and Southeast Asia
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_wow_sea.jpg ,A joint venture between the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), and four NGO partners in East and Southeast Asia, Women of the World: East and Southeast Asia provides an extensive compilation of laws and policies influencing women’s reproductive health in five countries of the region – […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Regional Office in Colombia
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_bogota.jpg (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced the opening of its new regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogotá, Colombia. The Center has worked in the region for fifteen years, advancing women’s access to reproductive health services, through human rights litigation and the documentation of reproductive rights violations. “We’ve […]
CRR in the Field: Alejandra Cárdenas
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cardenas_inthefeild_2.jpg Since 1992, the Center’s innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is a personal look at the various ways Center staff interacts with plaintiffs, policy makers, governing bodies, and supporters at […]
Concluding Observations: Nicaragua, Convention on the Rights of the Child
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UN Urges Governments to Respect Reproductive Rights
12.27.10 – This fall, three UN treaty monitoring bodies urged the governments of Ecuador, Uganda and Nicaragua to take steps to promote, protect and fulfill reproductiv rights. The treaty bodies made these powerful recommendations largely in response to the comprehensive advocacy strategy developed by the Center and its partners. Ecuador: Protect girls from sexual violence […]
UN to Nicaragua: Youth Have the Right to Contraception and Safe Abortion
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/nica_hp.jpg This week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) sent a clear and urgent message to Nicaragua: adolescents must have access to safe, legal, and confidential sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion. CRC made these recommendations in response to advocacy by the Center and other groups during […]