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ICPD + 15: Commemorating Advances, Calling for Greater Accountability

The Center for Reproductive Rights commemorates the 15 year anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), celebrating advancements for women's human rights and highlighting the ICPD's role in promoting recognition of reproductive [...]

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Adolescents Need Safe and Legal Abortion

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Publications

CEDAW Advances Women’s Human Rights

The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the only comprehensive international treaty guaranteeing women’s human rights and the prevention of discrimination against women. CEDAW provides a [...]

Adolescent SRHR,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Publications

The Bush Global Gag Rule: Endangering Women’s Health, Free Speech and Democracy

On January 22, 2001, on his first business day in office (and the 28th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion), President George W. [...]

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International Family Planning and Reproductive Health

International family planning and reproductive health and programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) population program and UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) provide health care choices that assist women in realizing their [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education,United States, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Publications
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Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives Francophone Africa

Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives - Francophone Africa, is the result of an in-depth examination of the laws and policies affecting women's reproductive health and rights in seven countries [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health,Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives Latin America and the Caribbean

Reproductive rights are internationally recognized as critical both to advancing women's human rights and to promoting development. Governments from all over the world have, in recent years, both acknowledged and pledged to advance reproductive rights [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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