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Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees card link

Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees

Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.

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Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Soon in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor

The Center is defending a 2018 judgment recognizing that the neglect and abuse of women seeking maternity health services are rights violations under the Kenyan Constitution and international law.

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Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care, 02.28.24 Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Friday in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to [...]

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Josephine’s Story

More about plaintiff Josephine Majani.

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The Right to Quality Maternal Health Care in Kenya: The Josephine Majani Cases

The landmark 2018 ruling in Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. Attorney General and 4 Others (Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014)—which recognized the right to quality maternal health care in Kenya—and the appeal of the ruling by Bungoma County.

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Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. the Attorney General and 4 Others (Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014) card link

Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. the Attorney General and 4 Others (Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014)

The landmark 2018 judgment in this case recognized the right to quality maternal health care in Kenya.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

County Government of Bungoma & 2 Others v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (a.k.a. Josephine Majani) & 2 Others (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

This case involves the appeal by the County Government of Bungoma of a landmark 2018 judgment on the right to maternity care.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

European Union: Addressing the urgent needs of refugees from Ukraine who seek sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support

17 October 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Today, the European Parliament held a plenary debate on the situation of refugee women from Ukraine, including their access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The debate [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

World Refugee Day: Many Refugees Across Europe Continue to Be Denied Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Prompting Call for Urgent Action card link

World Refugee Day: Many Refugees Across Europe Continue to Be Denied Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Prompting Call for Urgent Action

20.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Many refugee women and girls who have sought sanctuary and safety in Europe are still being denied access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services, according to [...]

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New Report Shows More Evidence of Harm Caused by Abortion Bans

Report by ANSIRH details poor-quality care post-Roe and its harm to patients and providers.

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New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care

Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.

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Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia 

The Center for Reproductive Rights and eight partner organizations documented the gaps and barriers in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services that are faced by refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, [...]

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“Let’s Talk Repro” Series: Breana Lipscomb, Senior Advisor for Maternal Health & Rights

“Movements for change are most impactful when the communities that are most affected by human rights violations are leading on that change.”

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.