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UN Urges Governments to Respect Reproductive Rights
12.27.10 - This fall, three UN treaty monitoring bodies urged the governments of Ecuador, Uganda and Nicaragua to take steps to promote, protect and fulfill reproductiv rights. The treaty bodies made these powerful recommendations largely [...]
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights (Russian Edition)
Download the Russian edition of Reproductive Rights are Human Rights below. Права-это-Правa.pdf
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights 2009
Women's reproductive rights are essential to realizing a wide range of fundamental human rights. In particular, women's lives, liberty and security, heath, autonomy, privacy, equality and non-discrimination and education, among others, cannot be protected without [...]
Civil Society in Central America, Mexico and the Spanish-Speaking Carribean Meet with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
(Guatemala City - Guatemala, March 23) United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Anand Grover, visited Guatemala City on March 22 and 23 [...]
Center Celebrates International Women’s Day and Launch of UN Women
On March 8, the Center for Reproductive Rights joins women around the world in celebrating the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, as well as the official launch of UN Women, the newly created United [...]
UN CEDAW Committee Calls on Egypt to Promote Reproductive Rights
03.03.10 - The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the latest concluding observations for Egypt from the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which urged the Egyptian government to protect and promote women’s [...]
Beijing+15: No Equality Without Full Enjoyment of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights
In 1995, representatives of 189 governments and more than 2,100 non-governmental organizations attended the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, where the international community reaffirmed and built upon the commitments set forth within [...]
UNESCO Calls for Comprehensive Sex Ed
02.12.10 - Comprehensive sex education has gotten a major boost from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Earlier this month, the agency released international sex education guidelines that urge officials and teachers to [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
CEDAW Advances Women’s Human Rights
The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the only comprehensive international treaty guaranteeing women’s human rights and the prevention of discrimination against women. CEDAW provides a [...]
International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
International family planning and reproductive health and programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) population program and UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) provide health care choices that assist women in realizing their [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.