Brasil Da Un Paso Para Implementar Decisión Histórica de Naciones Unidas en Materia de Mortalidad Materna El Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer (Comité de la CEDAW) aprobó un acuerdo del [...]

El año pasado, el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos tuvo una victoria innovadora en una batalla de más de ocho años en nombre de Alyne da Silva Pimentel, una mujer afrobrasileña de bajos recursos económicos que [...]

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

Last year, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory in our eight-year battle on behalf of Alyne da Silva Pimentel, an impoverished Afro-brazilian woman who died when doctors willfully failed to provide her [...]

Es hora de actuar El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos le pide a Brasil que repare a la familia de Alyne de acuerdo a la decisión histórica del caso Alyne c. Brasil. En agosto de 2011 [...]

Pimentel was the client in Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil--the first-ever maternal mortality case decided by an international human rights body.

Every year, more than half a million women die in pregnancy or childbirth. That's one woman or girl who dies every minute. For every woman who dies during pregnancy, an estimated 30 more suffer from [...]

Establece que los Estados deben garantizar acceso a servicios de salud materna adecuados Bogotá, Colombia - La decisión adoptada hoy por el Comité de Naciones Unidas para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer [...]

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

Six months pregnant and feeling unwell, a poor woman goes to a state-run clinic in Rio de Janeiro for help—and is turned away. A week later, she is dead. Halfway around the world, in Hungary, [...]