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Concluding Observations from the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

In December, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) highlighting the situation of women and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive rights in Kenya.  The Committee [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya,At the United Nations,Documents

Observaciones finales: Costa Rica_CEDAW_2011_Español

Observaciones finales: Costa Rica_CEDAW_2011_Español

Latin America & Caribbean,Documents

Concluding Observations: Uganda, CEDAW

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Restrictions,Africa, Uganda, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Documents

CRR Provides Testimony Before Sen. Durbin Hearing on CEDAW

(PRESS RELEASE) Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), as chairman of the Senate Subcomittee on Human Rights and Law, is holding the first-ever hearing in the Judiciary Committee this afternoon on U.S. Ratification of the human rights [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Restrictions,United States, Accountability Bodies,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C., Reporting on Rights

CEDAW: Written Statement Submitted to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

Written Statement of the Center for Reproductive Rights Submitted to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law For November 18, 2010 Hearing on: "Women's Rights Are Human Rights: U.S. [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C., Reporting on Rights,Documents

Shadow Letter on Uganda to the CEDAW Committee

In September, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Uganda.  Uganda is reporting to the [...]

Africa, Uganda,At the United Nations,Documents

UN CEDAW Committee Calls on Egypt to Promote Reproductive Rights

03.03.10 - The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the latest concluding observations for Egypt from the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which urged the Egyptian government to protect and promote women’s [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Reporting on Rights,News

Concluding Observations: Egypt_CEDAW_2009_English

In 2009, the Center, in collaboration with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee highlighting Egypt’s failure to promote and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights.  The [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception, Discriminatory Policies, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa,At the United Nations,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

The 45th Session of CEDAW: All Eyes on Egypt

Members of the Center's international advocacy team will travel to Geneva, Switzerland this month to urge the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) to take a stand on women's sexual and [...]

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Shadow Letter: Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Egypt (CEDAW)

In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Egypt, in preparation for the Committee's review of Egypt at its 45th session. The [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Discriminatory Policies, Right to Care, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Documents

“Petition Filed Against Peru with UN CEDAW Committee”

The Center was mentioned in Ms. Magazine about our newly filed case against Peru on behalf of a 16-year-old rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion in her country. Her petition [...]

Abortion,Latin America & Caribbean, Peru,In the Courts

Ecuador_CO_CEDAW_2008_English

Ecuador_Concluding Observations_CEDAW Committee_2008_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Ecuador,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Shadow Letter: Ecuador_CEDAW_2008_English

Shadow Letter: Ecuador_CEDAW_2008_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Ecuador,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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