Reproductive Rights are Human Rights (Russian Edition)
Download the Russian edition of Reproductive Rights are Human Rights below. Права-это-Правa.pdf
Download Report: Imposing Misery (Updated Edition)
The Center’s report Imposing Misery, released in 2007, highlighted the devastating effects of an Executive Order (EO) that, for the past ten years, has acted as a de facto ban on modern forms of contraception [...]
Download Report: Forsaken Lives
Criminal bans on abortion are harmful not only to women but also undermine entire health systems. The report, Forsaken Lives: The Harmful Impact of the Philippine Criminal Abortion Ban, documents the experiences of women in [...]
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights 2009
Women's reproductive rights are essential to realizing a wide range of fundamental human rights. In particular, women's lives, liberty and security, heath, autonomy, privacy, equality and non-discrimination and education, among others, cannot be protected without [...]
In Harm’s Way: Conclusions in Brief
As this report demonstrates, when access to safe and legal abortion is limited, women resort to unsafe abortion, with devastating consequences for their health, lives, and families. This report documents these consequences in Kenya, highlighting [...]
In Harm’s Way: Executive Summary
"I have seen so much misery at the Kenyatta National Hospital . . . where women with abortion-related problems have died and others lost uteruses. There is no doubt the existing laws are colonial and [...]
Beijing+15: No Equality Without Full Enjoyment of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights
In 1995, representatives of 189 governments and more than 2,100 non-governmental organizations attended the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, where the international community reaffirmed and built upon the commitments set forth within [...]
Facts on Abortion in the Philippines: Criminalization and a General Ban on Abortion
The Center for Reproductive Rights works nationally and internationally to expand access to reproductive healthcare for women around the world. We have conducted years of investigative research into the status of reproductive rights in the [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
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 [...]
Imposing Misery: The Impact of Manila’s Contraception Ban on Women and Families
Likhaan, ReproCen, and the Center for Reproductive Rights have released a report documenting the devastating impact of Manila’s contraception ban on women and their families. In 2000, the mayor of Manila, Jose "Lito" Atienza, issued [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
