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Child Marriage in South Asia: Stop the Impunity (Press Release)
Child Marriage in South Asia: Stop the Impunity Center for Reproductive Rights Details Human Rights Violations Against Girls and Women Stemming From Child Marriage (PRESS RELEASE) Despite international and local laws clearly condemning child marriage, [...]
Philippine Supreme Court Delays Implementation of Landmark Reproductive Health Law
Philippine Supreme Court Delays Implementation of Landmark Reproductive Health Law (PRESS RELEASE) Earlier today the Philippine Supreme Court ordered a three-month delay in the implementation of a new groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free [...]
Filipino Women and Men Sue Manila Mayor For Ban on Contraception
Suit Follows Release of Human Rights Groups' Study Finding Ban has Triggered Reproductive Health Crisis MANILA - Twenty Manila women and men filed a case today in a Philippine high court against the mayor of [...]
Legal Action Readied Against Ex-Mayor Atienza
Various citizens' groups announced yesterday that they are readying legal action against former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza for damages done to women and poor families by his nine-year ban on contraception in the city's health [...]
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 [...]
Study Exposes Government Neglect Of Women’s Health In East And Southeast Asia
Provides Legal Strategies to Hold Policymakers Accountable Manila, Philippines- Governments in East and Southeast Asia must work much harder to serve the reproductive health needs and promote the autonomy of the women in their region, [...]
UN Human Rights Committee Makes Landmark Decision Establishing Women’s Right to Access to Legal Abortion
Woman Forced to Carry Fatally Impaired Fetus to Term Wins Case New York, NY-Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) decided its first abortion case, KL v. Peru. The decision establishes that denying access [...]
What’s Missing from the Beijing Platform?
Center Holds Panel on Using the Force of Law to Transform Beijing’s Commitments into Reality WHAT: Panel presentation and open discussion on legal strategies for implementing the reproductive rights commitments of the Beijing Platform for [...]
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Report Exposes Failure of Law to Address Reproductive Health Problems in India
New Delhi, India Media AdvisoryWhat:Indian release of Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives - South Asia.A groundbreaking study, this report by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights and local [...]
South Asia Report Draws Attention to Reproductive Rights Violations
Calls on Governments to Take Immediate Steps to Protect Women’s Health and Lives New York | Read MoreSouth Asian governments must work much harder to serve the reproductive health needs and promote the autonomy of [...]
Women’s Health Experts from Kenya and Peru Speak out on the Impact of the Global Gag Rule
New Report Documents the Gag Rule’s Devastating Effects on Unsafe Abortion in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Peru At a breakfast briefing on October 22, women's health experts from Kenya and Peru will discuss the devastating [...]
International Human Rights Settlement Expected to Improve Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Peru
Policy Changes Come After Coerced Sterilization Case that Ended in Death Yesterday, the government of Peru signed an agreement before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that should bring about sweeping changes in Peru's [...]
Four Women Imprisoned for Abortion Granted Amnesty by Nepal’s King
54 Women Still Languishing in Prison Four women imprisoned on abortion and related charges were released by King Gyanendra this week as part of a birthday tradition that involves granting amnesty to some prisoners. Of [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
