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.
Perú, 7 de diciembre de 2023. (COMUNICADO). Demus Estudio para la defensa de los derechos de la mujer, el Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL) y el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos (CDR), como representantes de las hijas de Celia Ramos —quien murió por complicaciones derivadas de la esterilización forzada a la que […]
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.
Eulogia es una mujer campesina y quechuahablante que quería tener un parto vertical y en casa, conforme a sus tradiciones y de la misma forma que había tenido a sus otros cinco hijos. Sin embargo, el Estado peruano desconoció sus prácticas culturales frente al embarazo y parto al forzarla a dar a luz en un […]
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children, but the Peruvian government ignored her cultural practices regarding pregnancy and afterbirth care. Sergio, the baby, was diagnosed with a functional diversity that led to multiple disabilities […]
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical and home birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children. However, the Peruvian state disregarded her cultural practices regarding pregnancy and childbirth by forcing her to give birth in a health center, abandoning her during […]