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Center Joins in Commemorating International Women’s Day at the United Nations
Center leaders speak at sessions of the UN Human Rights Council and Commission on the Status of Women.
UN Side Event: Technology and the Future of Gender Equality and SRHR
Watch this March 8 panel being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
UN Adopts Resolutions to Protect Gender and Reproductive Rights
Center works with partners to provide technical support to governments in UN negotiations to protect the rights of women and girls.
UN Body Urges U.S. to Ensure Abortion Access and Culturally Respectful Maternal Health Care in Efforts to Eliminate Racial Discrimination
Center joins delegation of Black and Indigenous leaders in Geneva, Switzerland to hold the U.S. accountable for human rights violations.
The Center and Partners Prepare Filipino Youth for Adolescent SRHR Advocacy at the UN
Capacity building workshop strengthens youth’s knowledge and skills to engage with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
The Center condemns the continued use of sexual violence as a tactic of war in many contexts around the world.
The Center to Co-Host Side Event to the UN Commission on Population and Development Session
Register to attend the Center's virtual side event to the UN's Session on Population and Development.
Center and Youth Coalition to Host Event on Youth SRHR on the Sidelines of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
On March 17, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights will host a virtual side event co-sponsored by Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN during the 66th Session [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
World Health Organization (WHO) Issues New Abortion Guideline
03.08.22 (STATEMENT) – Today the World Health Organization issued its new abortion guideline, which is the organization’s definitive recommendations on abortion care. It provides recommendations on the clinical management of abortion, service delivery, as well [...]
U.S. Recommits to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the UN Human Rights Council
The Biden-Harris administration took a significant step forward last week in reversing the Trump administration’s harmful policies undermining gender equity and equality when it committed to promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and around the world. The commitment, made March 17 before [...]
On the Adoption of the Third U.S. Universal Periodic Review
On March 17, 2021, the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-sponsoring organizations made remarks at the UN Human Rights Council commending the United States for supporting recommendations related to sexual and reproductive rights received in [...]
UN Universal Periodic Review Presents Opportunity for the U.S. to Commit to Reproductive Rights as Human Rights
Next month, the Biden administration has a unique opportunity on the global stage to commit itself to protecting and promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights when it appears at the United Nations Human Rights [...]
UN Member States Make Recommendations to U.S. to Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Strong Recommendations Given at U.S.’s Peer Review at the UN Human Rights Council United Nations Member States from around the world yesterday strongly recommended to the United States that it act to [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
