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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 [...]
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 [...]
Zambia Accepts Several Universal Periodic Review Recommendations Sourced to Input from the Center for Reproductive Rights
In November 2012, the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group released its recommendations on Zambia. The Center submitted a letter to the Working Group back in April 2012 detailing existing problems with reproductive [...]
Zambia: A Wrong Turn on the Right to Life
States have consistently chosen to use language in their constitutions that affirms the right to life without trying to define when life begins, reinforcing the approach taken by all major international human rights instruments. However, [...]
Civil Society Declaration for Global Fammily Planning Summit
International human rights groups are urging world leaders attending next month’s global Family Planning Summit to ensure that any effort to increase the use of contraceptives be a part of a broader strategy to improve [...]
In Harm’s Way: Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
March 8, 2010 Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Clinton: As President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, I write to express my [...]
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10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission Harms Women
HIV-positive women increasingly face legal sanctions as a growing number of countries introduce legislation that would criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. This report outlines the ways in which these laws — rather than providing justice [...]
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 [...]
Women Suffer Decades of Abuse in Kenya’s Health Facilities, According to New Fact-Finding Report
For decades, women seeking maternity services in health facilities across Kenya have suffered serious human rights violations -- including verbal attacks, sexual assault, flagrant neglect and filthy conditions -- often while giving birth, according to [...]
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 [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
