Center lawyer and human rights advocate Martin Onyango fights to ensure pregnant Tanzanian girls can get an education.
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New Threat to Medication Abortion: Anti-Abortion Extremists Installed at Department of Justice
President Trump’s recent appointees are positioned to greenlight misuse of the long-dormant Comstock Act to restrict access to abortion nationwide—even in states that protect abortion rights.
Read more: New Threat to Medication Abortion: Anti-Abortion Extremists Installed at Department of Justice
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Breana Lipscomb Advances Equitable Maternal Care in the U.S.
When the Law Turned Its Back: The Women Behind Zurawski v. Texas
Carmen Cecilia Martínez López Strikes Down Forced Motherhood at the UN
Center Drives Landmark Law Expanding Health Care Access for Adolescents in Rwanda
New law makes sexual and reproductive health services accessible to Rwandan adolescents without parental consent and, for the first time, establishes a…
Cinco años después de la sentencia de Paola Guzmán, la violencia sexual en las aulas de Ecuador sigue en aumento
Guayaquil, agosto 14 de 2025. (COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) Cinco años después de que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos condenara al Estado…
¡Las niñas triunfan! Comité de DD.HH. de la ONU exige a Guatemala proteger a las niñas para garantizar que ninguna sea forzada a ser madre
5 de junio de 2025. GUATEMALA – Hoy, el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU emitió una condena en contra del…
They Are Girls, Not Mothers: The Girls’ Stories
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners brought four cases to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in May 2019 against…
Center Teams Join Global Leaders at UN for Commission on Status of Women
Meetings and events will examine progress and challenges on SRHR issues including sexual violence, access to abortion care, gender equality, anti-rights movements,…
Global Impact of the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Rulings Highlighted at Quito Press Conference
The Center’s Catalina Martínez Coral and movement partners discuss the recent landmark decisions by the UN Committee on Human Rights.
Victory at the UN in the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Cases
Human Rights Committee establishes new worldwide standards for access to abortion, sex education, and protections for sexual abuse survivors.
UN Ruling: Ecuador and Nicaragua Must Legalize Abortion to End Violations of Girls’ Human Rights
22.01.2025 (PRESS STATEMENT) — In a major victory for girls’ and women’s rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled Monday that Ecuador…
Africa: Advancing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at the ACERWC
At the recent session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Center worked to…
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