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The Economist: Fertile grounds for hope
The Economist: Fertile grounds for hope Evelyne Opondo * SIR - Although it is true that modern contraception could play an important role in lowering birth rates in sub-Saharan Africa, governments must ensure that women [...]
United Nations Human Rights Council Urged to Address Lack of Access to Contraceptives and Family Planning
United Nations Human Rights Council Urged to Address Lack of Access to Contraceptives and Family Planning (PRESS RELEASE) The governments of Argentina, Denmark, Ethiopia, and Morocco are leading a group of more than 60 states [...]
New Report: Unsafe Abortion and Inadequate Access to Contraception in Uganda Leaves Women with Few Options
New Report: Unsafe Abortion and Inadequate Access to Contraception in Uganda Leaves Women with Few Options (PRESS RELEASE) Confusing abortion laws and reproductive health policies in Uganda have forced women to turn to unsafe abortions [...]
Reuters: Uganda women unable to get contraception, dying from unsafe abortions
Reuters: Uganda women unable to get contraception, dying from unsafe abortions By Katy Nigiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Uganda has one of the world’s highest unmet needs for contraception, leading almost 300,000 women to [...]
New Report: Tanzania Forces Girls to Undergo Invasive Pregnancy Tests, Expels Pregnant Students
New Report: Tanzania Forces Girls to Undergo Invasive Pregnancy Tests, Expels Pregnant Students Study by Center for Reproductive Rights finds schools routinely violate adolescents’ basic human rights (PRESS RELEASE) Adolescent girls in Tanzania are routinely—and [...]
Christian Science Monitor: Campaign against female genital mutilation gaining ground support, results
Christian Science Monitor: Campaign against female genital mutilation gaining ground support, results By Ryan Lenora Brown "In many parts of the Kween District of eastern Uganda, women are divided into two distinct categories 'There are [...]
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Center files case on unlawful detention
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Center files case on unlawful detention "The Center for Reproductive Rights has Friday filed a case before the High Court of Kenya on behalf of two women who were illegally detained in [...]
RH Reality Check: Forced Pregnancy Testing: Blatant Discrimination and a Gross Violation of Human Rights
Forced Pregnancy Testing: Blatant Discrimination and a Gross Violation of Human Rights by Onyema Afulukwe, Legal Adviser for Africa at the Center for Reproductive Rights Earlier this month, news spread of a Louisiana charter school's [...]
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AllAfrica: Rwandan Govt Takes Critical Step in Recognizing Women’s Fundamental Human Rights
Rwandan Govt Takes Critical Step in Recognizing Women's Human Rights Affirming the importance of women's access to safe and legal abortion, the Rwandan government has lifted its reservation to Article 14(2)(c) of the African Charter [...]
Al Jazeera: Let them have contraception
Al Jazeera: Let them have contraception By: Manuela Picq "The London Summit on Family Planning is happening on July 11. It is an initiative from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK government [...]
Salon: Imprisoned for giving birth
Salon: Imprisoned for giving birth By Irin Carmon "Only 43 percent of births in Kenya happen in a health facility (for reference, in 2009, 98.9 percent of births in the U.S. took place in a [...]
Pregnant Women in Nigeria Die Due to Government Negligence, According to Center for Reproductive Rights’ New Report
Almost 60,000 women die every year in Nigeria from preventable pregnancy-related causes because the oil-rich country has failed to implement and enforce its own policies on maternal health, according to a new report published by [...]
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 [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
