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UN CEDAW Pushes Chile to Guarantee Rights of Women Living with HIV

UN CEDAW Pushes Chile to Guarantee Rights of Women Living with HIV The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) finished its periodic reports on Chile and, in October, issued concluding [...]

HIV/AIDS, Discriminatory Policies, Right to Care,Latin America & Caribbean, Chile,At the United Nations,News

Brasil reporta ante la CEDAW

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 [...]

Abortion, Maternal Health,Latin America & Caribbean

Observaciones finales: Chile_CEDAW_2012_Español

Observaciones finales: Chile_CEDAW_2012_Ingles

Latin America & Caribbean,Documents

Observaciones finales: Brasil_CEDAW_2012_Ingles

Observaciones finales: Brasil_CEDAW_2012_Ingles

Latin America & Caribbean,Documents

The CEDAW Committee Urges States to Protect and Promote Sexual and Reproductive Rights

In July 2011, the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged the governments of Nepal, Costa Rica, and Zambia to improve their record on reproductive rights. The Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Legal Restrictions, Discriminatory Policies, Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Zambia, Asia, Nepal, Latin America & Caribbean, Costa Rica, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,News

Shadow letter to CEDAW on the state of reproductive and sexual health and rights in Costa Rica

On May 25, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Asociación Colectiva por el Derecho a Decidir, the Centro de Investigación y Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos, Law Students for Reproductive Justice of [...]

Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Discriminatory Policies, Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Latin America & Caribbean, Costa Rica,At the United Nations,Documents

Shadow letter to CEDAW on the status of reproductive and sexual health and rights in Zambia

On May 26, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the 49th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the status of reproductive and sexual health [...]

Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Discriminatory Policies, Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Zambia,At the United Nations,Documents

Shadow letter to CEDAW on the rights of women and girls in Nepal

On June 7, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Justice for All, and the Women's Reproductive Rights Program of the Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development submitted a shadow letter to the 49th session of the [...]

Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Discriminatory Policies, Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Asia, Nepal,At the United Nations,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Brasil viola los derechos humanos de una mujer en caso de mortalidad materna, Decisión del Comité CEDAW de Naciones Unidas

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 [...]

Maternal Health,Latin America & Caribbean

CEDAW Committee Expresses Concern over Bangladesh

In February, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged Bangladesh to immediately address critical reproductive health issues. These include the lack of information on women’s health, the lack [...]

Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Bangladesh,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World

Center’s shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on Bangladesh

Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Bangladesh,At the United Nations,Documents

CEDAW Committee Reviews Kenya

In January, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) issued strong recommendations on steps the Kenyan government needs to take to improve the reproductive rights of women and girls [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya,At the United Nations

Center’s shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

In December 2010, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on the situation of reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Kenya. Kenya reported [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya,At the United Nations,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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