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Nigeria’s Federal High Court Strikes Out Civil Society Organization’s Case of a Woman Who Was Illegally Detained and Died During Confinement
(PRESS RELEASE) The family of a woman who was illegally detained for the inability to clear her medical bill and denied emergency services leading to her death, yesterday had their case dismissed by the Federal [...]
Bungoma High Court Judgment in Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. the Attorney General & 4 Others (Fact Sheet)
Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014
U.N. Committee: Kenya Should Decriminalize Abortion in All Circumstances, Ensure Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents
U.N. Committee: Kenya Should Decriminalize Abortion in All Circumstances, Ensure Reproductive Health Services for Teens (PRESS RELEASE) The government of Kenya should decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and ensure adolescents have access to the full [...]
Case of Illegal Detention and Death of Woman at Hospital Heads to High Court of Nigeria
Case of Illegal Detention and Death of Woman at Hospital Heads to High Court of Nigeria (PRESS RELEASE) A Nigerian hospital illegally detained a woman who could not pay for the maternal health services she [...]
Kenyan “Doctor” Arrested for Raping Female Patient
Kenyan “Doctor” Arrested for Raping Female Patient (PRESS RELEASE) This week Mugo Wairimu, an owner of health clinics posing as a gynecologist, was arrested after multiple Kenyan news outlets reported on a video exposé showing [...]
Kenyan Women Denied Safe, Legal Abortion Services
Kenyan Women Denied Safe, Legal Abortion Services Center for Reproductive Rights Files Case Against Ministry of Health in High Court of Kenya (PRESS RELEASE) Kenya’s Ministry of Health is undermining women’s constitutional rights and contributing to [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Protects Pregnant Workers’ Rights
U.S. Supreme Court Protects Pregnant Workers’ Rights Court’s ruling allows Peggy Young to continue discrimination case against former employer UPS (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Peggy Young, a former employee of [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Discrimination Against Pregnant Employee
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Discrimination Against Pregnant Employee Court’s decision in Young v. UPS will have a significant impact on millions of working women and their families (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme [...]
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Abortion Ban Leads to Death Sentence for Kenyan Nurse
Abortion Ban Leads to Death Sentence for Kenyan Nurse As detailed in a piece this month from Mother Jones, Kenya has recently sentenced a licensed, registered nurse from Nairobi—Jackson Tali—to death after a teenaged girl [...]
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Center files case on unlawful detention
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Center files case on unlawful detention "The Center for Reproductive Rights has Friday filed a case before the High Court of Kenya on behalf of two women who were illegally detained in [...]
CEDAW Committee Reviews Kenya
In January, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) issued strong recommendations on steps the Kenyan government needs to take to improve the reproductive rights of women and girls [...]
African Women Still Not Getting Justice in National Courts, New Report Finds
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced new research finding that national courts in African Commonwealth countries have failed to fully protect women against human rights violations, particularly in cases of sexual violence, [...]
Africa: Joint Statement on World Human Rights Day 2024
10.12.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) - Today, 10 December, we mark the 76th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Day, under the theme: ‘Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now’, and the culmination of the 16 Days [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
