Celebrating World Contraception Day
Did you know that the average U.S. woman who wants two children will spend five years pregnant, or trying to get pregnant, and 30 years trying to avoid pregnancy? Or that 215 million women worldwide [...]
Statement to ECOSOC: Maternal Mortality and the MDGs
The approach of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit in September provides a key opportunity for states and the international community to reassess their progress and confront challenges to achieving the MDGs. The Center for [...]
Demanding Rights for HIV Positive Women
Around the world, laws and policies stigmatize and discriminate against people living with HIV/AIDS, violating their human rights. In reaction to this, people living with HIV are increasingly using the law to hold governments accountable [...]
Report on the United States’ Compliance with Its Human Rights Obligations In the Area of Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health
The United Nations Human Rights Council has introduced a process designed to review countries’ compliance with human rights obligations as contained in (1) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (2) the United Nations Charter, (3) [...]
Concluding Observations: Egypt_CEDAW_2009_English
In 2009, the Center, in collaboration with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee highlighting Egypt’s failure to promote and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights. The [...]
Center Submission for the Human Rights Committee’s Review of Croatia (2009)
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Croatia. The shadow letter discussed the state’s systematic failure to provide comprehensive sexual [...]
Concluding Observations: Ecuador_Human Rights Committee_2009_English
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Ecuador. The letter highlighted the failure of the government to protect girls against [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Shadow Letter: Ecuador_Human Rights Committee_2009_English
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Ecuador. The letter highlighted the failure of the government to protect girls against [...]
Shadow Letter: Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Egypt (CEDAW)
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Egypt, in preparation for the Committee's review of Egypt at its 45th session. The [...]
Center’s Letter Impacts EU Legislative Process
In December 2008, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with ASTRA, intervened at a hearing in the European Parliament and held meetings with the European Commission regarding the proposal for a Directive on non-discriminatory access [...]
Human Rights Committee Reviews Croatia
In March and September of 2009, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with the Center for Education, Counseling and Research (CESI), and Interights, submitted shadow letters on Croatia to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, [...]
Report on Coerced Sterilization in Slovakia Leads to Exposure of Issue throughout the Region
In 2002, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with its partner Poradna, conducted a fact finding mission into the forced and coerced sterilization of Roma women in public hospitals in eastern Slovakia. The report Body [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
