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The Green Wave Reaches Brazil: Supreme Court to Decide on Abortion Decriminalization

PRESS STATEMENT, September 22, 2023 – Women, girls, and transgender and non-binary individuals in Brazil have a new hope for the protection of their rights. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has begun voting on a [...]

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A onda verde chega ao Brasil: Supremo Tribunal decidirá sobre a descriminalização do aborto

Declaração, 22 de setembro de 2023 - As mulheres, meninas, pessoas trans e não binárias no Brasil têm uma nova esperança para a garantia de seus direitos. O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) do Brasil iniciou [...]

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La marea verde llega a Brasil: Tribunal Supremo decidirá si despenaliza el aborto

Declaración, 22 de septiembre de 2023 – Las mujeres, niñas y personas trans y no binarias en Brasil tienen una nueva esperanza para la garantía de sus derechos. El Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) de Brasil [...]

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Center Leaders in Latin America Discuss Mexico Ruling Decriminalizing Abortion

Historic decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice will increase abortion access nationwide and marks another victory for the Latin American Green Wave movement.

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Latin America’s Green Wave

The Green Wave reproductive rights movement advocates for expanded access to abortion throughout Latin America.

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Historic Decision: Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion

September 7, 2023 – The green wave in Latin America has reached a new milestone: in a historic decision, Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) decriminalized abortion on the federal level, establishing that criminalization in [...]

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Histórico: la Corte Suprema de México despenalizó el aborto

Declaración, 6 de septiembre de 2023 – La marea verde en América Latina alcanzó un nuevo hito. En una decisión histórica, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México (SCJN) ordenó eliminar el [...]

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Crece la marea verde en México: la Suprema Corte despenalizó el aborto en Aguascalientes

Declaración, 1 de septiembre de 2023 – Celebramos la histórica decisión de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) en México, que declaró inconstitucionales tres artículos del Código Penal del Estado de Aguascalientes [...]

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Corte IDH juzgará a Perú por esterilizaciones forzadas

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Ecuador da un paso en la lucha contra la violencia sexual en las aulas, pero faltan más

Declaración, 14 de agosto de 2023 – Hoy conmemoramos el Día oficial de lucha contra la violencia sexual en las aulas del año 2023 para recordar que Ecuador y los Estados de la región tienen [...]

Latin America & Caribbean, Ecuador,Press Releases

Manuela’s family needs El Salvador to ask for forgiveness

Despite a 2021 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Manuela v. El Salvador that established standards throughout Latin America to help protect women seeking reproductive health care, including abortion, the Limited Times [...]

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Los Estados deben cumplir con sus obligaciones para prevenir y erradicar la violencia obstétrica

La violencia obstétrica es una de las formas de violencia de género más naturalizadas en América Latina. Sin embargo, recién en los últimos años se han producido avances para intentar prevenirla y eliminarla.  En 2022, [...]

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‘I now realize that I am not guilty, that I am just another victim’

In a piece for El País, Fátima, a Guatemalan survivor of sexual violence, tells her story and explains her decision to seek justice by joining a Center case. Fátima's case against Guatemala is one of [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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