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Decision: Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil

In the first maternal death case to be decided by an international human rights body, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) establishes that governments have a human rights obligation [...]

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Latin America & Caribbean, Brazil,In the Courts, At the United Nations,Documents

Centre for Health and Resource Management v. State of Bihar and Others (2011)

CHARM v. State of Bihar and Others is a public interest litigation petition filed in March 2011 by the Center’s partner in India, Human Rights Law Network. It seeks legal accountability from the state government [...]

Abortion, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Other Financial Barriers, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, India,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Case

Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Regional Office in Colombia

(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced the opening of its new regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogotá, Colombia. The Center has worked in the region for fifteen years, [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Latin America & Caribbean, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights

The Hill: Put emergency care ahead of religious beliefs

By Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Would you ask someone else to die for your religious beliefs? A new proposal moving through Congress makes it clear that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,United States

CRR in the Field: Alejandra Cárdenas

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 [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Coercive Policies, Maternal Mortality,Latin America & Caribbean, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Accountability Bodies,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights,News

Mother Jones: Chris Smith’s African Abortion Adventure

By Kate Sheppard "Most members of Congress spent last week's recess back in their districts, talking to their constituents and getting a sense of what Americans want their elected officials to be doing back in [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya, United States,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, In Washington D.C., Reporting on Rights

CEDAW Committee Expresses Concern over Bangladesh

In February, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged Bangladesh to immediately address critical reproductive health issues. These include the lack of information on women’s health, the lack [...]

Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Bangladesh,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World

Center’s shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on Bangladesh

Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Bangladesh,At the United Nations,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

CEDAW Committee Reviews Kenya

In January, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) issued strong recommendations on steps the Kenyan government needs to take to improve the reproductive rights of women and girls [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya,At the United Nations

Center’s shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

In December 2010, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on the situation of reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Kenya. Kenya reported [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya,At the United Nations,Documents

Concluding Observations from the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

In December, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) highlighting the situation of women and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive rights in Kenya.  The Committee [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya,At the United Nations,Documents

Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Regional Office in Kenya

(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced the opening of its new Africa regional office in Nairobi, Kenya. As an international legal advocacy organization, the Center has worked for over a decade across [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya, Accountability Bodies, African Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights

RH Reality Check: Are Women’s Rights on Obama’s Agenda in Latin America?

By Luisa Cabal and Lilian Sepúlveda For all of President Barack Obama's pledges that he stands for universal human rights, the fundamental rights of women are likely to be left off the table when he [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Latin America & Caribbean, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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