New Report Provides Strategies for Building SRHR Protections Around the World
“Pathways to Change” features case studies from 13 countries that have increased legal guarantees to abortion, maternal health, emergency contraception, and more.
A new report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners shares stories and strategies that have advanced sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in countries around the world.
The report, Pathways to Change: Building Stronger Legal Guarantees for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, features case studies from 13 countries where advocacy and legal strategies succeeded in building legal guarantees for abortion, maternal health, adolescent services, emergency contraception, and more.
Explore the report and find out how advocacy and legal strategies:
- Ended abortion bans and increased access to care in Chile, Colombia, Ireland, Nepal, and North Macedonia.
- Secured reparations for survivors of forced sterilization practices in the Czech Republic.
- Increased adolescents’ access to health services in Kazakhstan.
- Improved the treatment of women in maternal health facilities in Kenya.
- Enabled access to emergency contraceptives in Malta.
- Secured standards for abortion care in Moldova, Peru, and Rwanda and for post-abortion care in the Philippines.
Each country presents its own unique SRHR challenges—shaped by social, cultural, historical, legal, and political factors—and the report offers strategies and actionable tactics that can be tailored to work in a variety of settings around the world.
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Report Provides Insights to Create Lasting Change
Published by 23 organizations with first-hand experience in working to secure SRHR law and policy reform, Pathways to Change is designed for activists and organizations working on SRHR issues.
The report provides insights into strategies for creating effective and lasting change, including how to develop alliances; mobilize public engagement; leverage evidence; engage politically; make use of national judicial strategies; and advocate at international accountability bodies.
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