Pakistani lawyer Sara Malkani takes the government to court on behalf of thousands suffering from a treatable childbirth injury.
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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
Study Finds That Pakistan’s Vague Laws Enable Health Care Providers to Deny Abortion Services in Sindh Province
Report by the Center and Aahung recommends the decriminalization of abortion and training of health care providers to improve access to care.
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Examines Pakistan’s Lack of Progress on SRHR Issues
Report outlines country’s failure on sexual and reproductive health rights and services and recommends laws and policies to improve access.
Pakistan’s Sindh Government Increases Access to Obstetric Fistula Repair Services to Comply with Orders by the High Court
Ruling in Sayed v. Sindh marks major progress in improving maternal health, especially for women living on low incomes.
Pakistan Court Orders Implementation of Measures to Address Obstetric Fistula
The Center for Reproductive rights welcomes a ruling by the Sindh High Court in Pakistan directing the government to implement measures to…
The forgotten, rejected and neglected women of Pakistan: Kiran’s story.
UPDATE, January 2019: In response to the petition, the Health Department of Sindh has committed to establishing four fistula repair centers in…
Pakistan Addresses High Rate of Fistula
The high court in Pakistan’s Sindh region is facing the country’s first case to seek recognition of the widespread incidence of obstetric…
Unnecessary Suffering
During what should have been an active, joyful time, young Karachi resident Kiran Sohail was plunged into almost a decade of suffering…
Pakistani High Court Calls for Response to Allegations Women Are Denied Maternal Health Services
(PRESS RELEASE) Today the High Court of Sindh ordered the government of Sindh to respond by September 29 to a petition alleging…
CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently issued concluding observations from its February review of Pakistan’s compliance…
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