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Kenyan Court Exonerates Health Care Provider and Mother of Adolescent Girl from Abortion Charges card link

Kenyan Court Exonerates Health Care Provider and Mother of Adolescent Girl from Abortion Charges

Case’s dismissal aligns with earlier rulings that abortion is a health care right under the Kenyan Constitution.

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,News

Kenyan Court Exonerates Health Care Provider and Mother Criminalized for Abortion

Dismissal in five-year court battle affirms abortion as a health care right and confirms protections against prosecution for women, girls, and abortion providers in Kenya.

Abortion,Africa, Kenya,News

Center Continues Work to Enforce the Constitutional Right to Abortion in Kenya 

Hearing being today in case concerning the unjust prosecution of a health care provider and the mother of an adolescent girl treated for serious pregnancy complications.

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,News

Report: Legal and Human Rights Centre and Center for Reproductive Rights (on behalf of Tanzanian girls) v. The United Republic of Tanzania

In June 2019, the Legal and Human Rights Centre and Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case against the United Republic of Tanzania before the African Committe of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of [...]

Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Tanzania,In the Courts,Publications

Maputo Protocol at 20: Progress on Abortion Rights in Africa

Reporting on the progress of this historic human rights instrument to explicitly guarantee the right to legal abortion in Africa.

Abortion,Africa,Reporting on Rights,Publications
Center and Partners Strategize to Ensure Access to Abortion Care in Kenya card link

Center and Partners Strategize to Ensure Access to Abortion Care in Kenya

Despite court victories and constitutional protections guaranteeing access to abortion and reproductive health care, many Kenyans continue to face barriers.

Abortion, SRHR General,Africa, Kenya,Reporting on Rights,News

Center for Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health Sector in Kenya Launch New Strategy to Implement Constitutional Provisions on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion

06.15.2023 – (PRESS RELEASE) NAIROBI Today, the Reproductive Health Sector in Kenya launched the Nakuru Strategy. In June 2022, the reproductive health sector convened in Nakuru to develop strategies towards the full implementation of Article [...]

Abortion,Africa, Kenya,Engaging Policymakers,News

Civil Society Organizations Call on Kenyan County and National Governments to Improve Maternal Health Policies

February 7, 2023 — The Center and its partners released this statement in response to recent instances of physical and emotional abuse and medical negligence involving maternal health care in Kenya.

Maternal Health,Africa, Kenya,Engaging Policymakers,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Twitter Space Panel: Adolescents’ SRHR and Access to Education card link

Twitter Space Panel: Adolescents’ SRHR and Access to Education

This panel marking the International Day of Education examined the ACERWC's decision on Tanzanian girls' access to education.

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, SRHR General,Africa, Tanzania,Events

African Committee Recommends Tanzania Reform Policies That Barred Pregnant Girls from School

Ruling by ACERWC in case brought by the Center and its partner marks a victory for adolescent girls in Tanzania and beyond.

Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Tanzania, Accountability Bodies, African Human Rights System,In the Courts,Story

ACERWC Ruling in Legal and Human Rights Centre and Centre for Reproductive Rights v United Republic of Tanzania

On September 15, 2022, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) issued this decision, Communication No: 0012/Com/001/2019 Decision No 002/2022, in the case Legal and Human Rights Centre [...]

Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Tanzania,In the Courts,Case Document

ACERWC Recommends Tanzania Reform Education Policy That Violates Rights of Pregnant and Married Adolescent Girls

DAR-ES-SALAAM, Sept 18, 2022: Today, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC, also “the Committee”), found that the United Republic of Tanzania violated multiple human rights and gender [...]

Africa, Tanzania,In the Courts,News

Global Trends: Abortion Rights 2022

An infographic showing the global trends in abortion rights.

Abortion,Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, United States, Global,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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