Concluding Observations: Uganda, CEDAW
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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 […]
No woman should have to risk her life because she cannot get the essential reproductive care she deserves. This tenet is the cornerstone of the Center for Reproductive Rights work. Looking back at 2010, the Center is proud of how it has advanced toward that vision and has helped to restore dignity and freedom for […]
The Center is honored to host delegates from Asia-Pacific’s first regional human rights body, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). On November 19, we are holding a special briefing on maternal mortality for AICHR members, who are on their first trip to the United States. An estimated 385,000 […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/phil_contra.jpg The Center applauds the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (PCHR) for its strong statement calling for the revocation of Manila City’s ban on contraception, categorizing it as in violation of human rights obligations, and urging the Council to apologize. The Center has documented the devastating impact of the ban and urged the PCHR to […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shah-payal.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 […]
In India, poor pregnant women in need of urgent care are often turned away by hospitals and clinics. This is what happened to Fatema, a homeless young woman from New Delhi who suffers from severe anemia and epilepsy. Although her pregnancy was clearly a high risk one, government health workers refused to even register Fatema’s […]
For ten years, a devastating ban on modern contraceptives in Manila City, the Philippines, has denied women their basic right to protect their health and decide whether and when to have children. The Center and its partners have resolutely fought this cruel policy. A newly updated edition of the Center’s seminal report on the issue, […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/misery.PNG The Center’s report Imposing Misery, released in 2007, highlighted the devastating effects of an Executive Order (EO) that, for the past ten years, has acted as a de facto ban on modern forms of contraception in Manila City, the Philippines. The report chronicled the harm the EO has had on women and families in […]
Letters to the International Herald Tribune Regarding “Church and state in Manila” by Philip Bowring (Views, Oct. 22): While the Catholic Church battles secular society in the Philippines, it’s important to remember that a woman’s right to family planning is a fundamental human right. Any attempt to take it away constitutes discrimination. One need only […]