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Conviction of Polish Human Rights Defender Sets Dangerous Precedent

The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.

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UN Side Event: Technology and the Future of Gender Equality and SRHR

Watch this March 8 panel being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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Progress on Abortion Rights in the Philippines

For the first time, the Philippine Human Rights Commission recommends that abortion be decriminalized.

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UN Adopts Resolutions to Protect Gender and Reproductive Rights

Center works with partners to provide technical support to governments in UN negotiations to protect the rights of women and girls.

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UN Treaty Bodies Call for the Philippines to Decriminalize Abortion and Protect Adolescents’ SRHR 

Actions follow years of advocacy by the Center and its national partners.

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Elizabeth Banks Helps Raise $2.7 Million for the Center for Reproductive Rights at 30th Anniversary Gala

10.26.22 (PRESS RELEASE) —The Center for Reproductive Rights raised $2.7 million Tuesday night at its 30th anniversary gala in New York, with special guest Elizabeth Banks. The event was held just four months after the [...]

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Center’s Enid Muthoni Ndiga Joins Global Leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative Event

September 19 session with global leaders will address reproductive and maternal health.

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Advancing SRHR in Nepal Through Events and Collaborations

Center experts and leaders collaborate on improving and expanding SRHR in Nepal.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Examines Pakistan’s Lack of Progress on SRHR Issues card link

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.

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New Laws in India Regulate Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy

Laws include some improvements, but gaps remain.

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Nepal Workshop Advances Judicial Officers’ Knowledge of Reproductive Health Rights Issues

Center co-hosts event at the Nepal National Judicial Academy.

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Statement by Martin Onyango on the Sierra Leone President’s Announcement Backing a Risk-free Motherhood Bill

Statement on President Julius Maada Bio’s announcement during the 10th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights that the government intends to unanimously back a bill on risk-free motherhood.

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Joint Initiative Addresses SRHR Needs of Women and Girls Fleeing the War in Ukraine

The Center for Reproductive Rights and national partners in key countries are undertaking a joint initiative aimed at addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women and girls impacted by the war in Ukraine.  

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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