Discussions with Nepal Leaders Highlight Infertility, Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Issues
The Center’s Asia team meets with human rights experts and members of Nepal’s Parliament and Ministry of Health and Population.
The Center’s Asia team meets with human rights experts and members of Nepal’s Parliament and Ministry of Health and Population.
Four events feature Center leaders, human rights defenders and other experts on reproductive rights.
100+ participants learn about surrogacy laws, case studies and key cases in several Asian countries to help improve legal standards in the region.
Center experts and leaders collaborate on improving and expanding SRHR in Nepal.
Center co-hosts event at the Nepal National Judicial Academy.
Report by Center and partners also outlines recommendations for governments to improve access to SRHR services.
NAIROBI, 19 May 2022– A new report reveals that women and girls from households living on lower incomes in five African countries faced multiple barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services at the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. The study also sought to examine how healthcare providers, women, girls, and individuals in the LGBTQI+ […]
Fact sheet on medical abortion in Asian countries also launched at the March event.
The Center has been working to advance reproductive health and rights in Nepal since 2000, including the landmark case Lakshmi v. Nepal that recognized abortion as a constitutional right.
The workshop aimed to strengthen the capacity of the journalists in the legal and policy framework of SRHR.