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U.N. Committee Calls on Bangladesh to End Child Marriage and Address Adolescent Health
U.N. Committee Calls on Bangladesh to End Child Marriage and Address Adolescent Health (PRESS RELEASE) The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on the government of Bangladesh to take active [...]
Gender Equality and Empowerment of All Women And Girls Central to United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Gender Equality and Empowerment of All Women And Girls Central to United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (PRESS RELEASE) Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is at the crux of 17 goals in [...]
Accountability for Discrimination Against Women in the Philippines: Key Findings and Recommendations from the CEDAW Committee’s Special Inquiry on Reproductive Rights
A 2007 report by the Center documenting human rights violations associated with Executive Order 003 became the basis for a special inquiry convened by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women [...]
Global NGOs Urge U.N. Human Rights Committee to Reaffirm the Right to Life Begins at Birth
Global NGOs Urge U.N. Human Rights Committee to Reaffirm the Right to Life Begins at Birth (PRESS RELEASE) More than 50 NGOs are calling upon the U.N. Human Rights Committee (U.N. HRC) to reinforce and [...]
U.N. Committee Calls for Abortion Law Reform in Chile
U.N. Committee Calls for Abortion Law Reform in Chile (PRESS RELEASE) Following a review of Chile’s human rights record on economic, social, and cultural rights, a United Nations committee has called for Chile to quickly approve [...]
U.N. Committee Questions Chile on Its Human Rights Record
U.N. Committee Questions Chile on Its Human Rights Record (PRESS RELEASE) This week a U.N. committee will review Chile’s track record on economic, social and cultural rights, including the mistreatment of sexual assault survivors and the [...]
Joint Statement and Call to Action for Philippine Government to Address Grave Violations of Women’s Rights
Joint Call to Action for Philippine Government to Address Grave Violations of Women’s Rights Joint Statement for the Philippine Congress to Examine the Harmful Impact of the Total Criminal Ban on Abortion In commemoration of [...]
U.N. Human Rights Council Grills U.S. on Reproductive Rights
U.N. Human Rights Council Grills U.S. on Reproductive Rights Governments question U.S. for denying foreign assistance to women in need of safe abortion services (PRESS RELEASE) Governments this week asked the United States to explain [...]
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U.N. Committee Finds Women in the Philippines Face Reproductive Rights Violations and Discrimination
U.N. Committee Finds Women in the Philippines Face Reproductive Rights Violations and Discrimination The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Calls on the Filipino Government to Guarantee Universal Access to Modern Contraceptives and [...]
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.N. Committee Denounces Romania for Denying Women Reproductive Health Care
U.N. Committee Denounces Romania for Denying Women Reproductive Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (U.N. CESCR) has called on the Romanian government to revise its laws and policies [...]
U.N. Committee Calls On Nepal to Eradicate Child Marriage and Ensure Women’s Access to Safe Abortion Services
U.N. Committee Calls On Nepal to Eradicate Child Marriage and Ensure Women’s Access to Safe Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (U.N. CESCR) this week denounced the Nepal [...]
Center For Reproductive Rights Opens Geneva Office
Center For Reproductive Rights Opens Geneva Office (PRESS RELEASE) With the United Nations and human rights bodies being called upon frequently to protect women’s reproductive rights, the Center for Reproductive Rights is expanding its presence [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.