Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka_Human Rights Committee_2003_English
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https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_nigeria_4_0.jpg In Nigeria, pregnant women just hours from giving birth travel unprotected on motorbikes instead of ambulances. Other women go around maternity wards begging for money to pay hospital fees. ,This shouldn’t be happening in Nigeria: the country has vast amounts of oil wealth and good maternal health policies. But some 59,000 Nigerian women still […]
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 the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights and the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) in Lagos, Nigeria. Broken […]
Broken Promises: Human Rights, Accountability, and Maternal Death in Nigeria, a new report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Women Advocates Resource and Documentation Centre, illustrates the systematic failure of the Nigerian government to live up to its human rights obligations. That so many women die due to pregnancy related complications can be directly […]
“This ban treats women in Chile as second-class citizens by inhibiting their options and their ability to decide whether and when to have children. It is yet another abhorrent example of religiously motivated judges holding fast to ideology at the sacrifice of the health and well-being of the very people they are mandated to protect.” […]
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 to take action that reflects that promise, and repeal the policy. The Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico […]
Our Women of the World reports document laws and policies which impact women’s reproductive and sexual health and shape their reproductive choices. Reproductive rights are internationally recognized as critical to both advancing women’s human rights and promoting development. In recent years, governments worldwide have acknowledged and pledged to advance reproductive rights to an unprecedented degree. […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_bo_WOWSA.gif The Center for Reproductive Rights’ report, Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives – South Asia, is the first extensive examination of laws and policies that influence women’s reproductive health in five countries of the region – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The report, which is based on […]