Pakistani High Court Calls for Response to Allegations Women Are Denied Maternal Health Services
Pakistani High Court Calls for Response to Allegations Women Are Denied Maternal Health Services (PRESS RELEASE) Today the High Court of Sindh ordered the government of Sindh to respond by September 29 to a petition [...]
Syed & Others v. Province of Sindh & Another (Sindh High Court of Pakistan)
Pakistan’s Sindh Government increases access to obstetric fistula repair services to comply with orders by the High Court
Combatting Child Marriage
Combatting Child Marriage The numbers are disturbing. According to a recent UNICEF study, one in nine girls in the developing world will marry before age 15, one in three will marry before 18. Some are [...]
UN Takes Major Action to End Child Marriage
UN Takes Major Action to End Child Marriage For the first time in history, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution dedicated to ending the blight of child marriage. Over 100 countries co-sponsored [...]
Child Marriage in South Asia: Stop the Impunity
A new report calls on the governments in South Asia to stop the human rights crisis that is child marriage. This publication was supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan
CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently issued concluding observations from its February review of [...]
The Only Clinic in N. Ireland Survives
The Only Clinic in N. Ireland Survives Northern Ireland, a country with limited abortion options, has just one private abortion clinic, which opened in 2012. This week, the Northern Ireland Assembly tried to shut down [...]
Concluding Observations: Pakistan_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2003_English
Concluding Observations: Pakistan_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2003_English
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Shadow Letter: Pakistan_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2003_English
Concluding Observations: Pakistan_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2003_English
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Senate’s Vote to Repeal the Global Gag Rule
The Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Bush to sign the bill repealing the Global Gag Rule. The President has repeatedly stated his commitment to cultivating democracy abroad and should therefore, take this opportunity [...]
Women of the World: South Asia
Our Women of the World reports document laws and policies which impact women's reproductive and sexual health and shape their reproductive choices. Reproductive rights are internationally recognized as critical to both advancing women's human rights [...]
Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives South Asia
The Center for Reproductive Rights’ report, Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives - South Asia, is the first extensive examination of laws and policies that influence women’s reproductive health in [...]
Bush Administration Urged to Implement HIV/AIDS Initiative without Strings Attached
Statement of Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights "Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $15 billion HIV/AIDS plan aimed at combating the AIDS pandemic internationally over the next five years. We applaud [...]
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Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
