Adolescent SRHR: All Work

Meetings and events will examine progress and challenges on SRHR issues including sexual violence, access to abortion care, gender equality, anti-rights movements, and more.

The Center’s Catalina Martínez Coral and movement partners discuss the recent landmark decisions by the UN Committee on Human Rights.

Human Rights Committee establishes new worldwide standards for access to abortion, sex education, and protections for sexual abuse survivors.

22.01.2025 (PRESS STATEMENT) — In a major victory for girls' and women's rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled Monday that Ecuador and Nicaragua violated the human rights of three girls who were forced into [...]

During 2024, the Center for Reproductive Rights tracked almost 2,000 pieces of reproductive rights legislation across 50 states, and Washington, D.C. This report highlights 2024 legislative trends impacting access to abortion care, assisted reproduction, and [...]

At the recent session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Center worked to influence policies and practices across the continent.

The Constitution of Kenya enshrines the right to health under the Bill of Rights. Notably, before the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, social and economic rights were not justiciable. Now, however, jurisprudence on [...]

This report summarizes an implementation hearing held October 9, 2024, during the 44th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), to assess the level of [...]

Center side event worked to educate and empower girls and young women about their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Presented by the Center for Reproductive Rights to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in October 2024, this statement emphasizes the need for comprehensive policies that provide [...]

Through cases filed by the Center and its partners against Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, this report discusses the regional pattern of girls forced to become mothers due to [...]

Aunque la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos le ordenó al Estado ecuatoriano tomar medidas para erradicar la violencia sexual en los entornos educativos, la problemática persiste.   Entre 2018 y 2022 se registraron más de 28 [...]

Ciudad de Guatemala, 26 de julio de 2024 - (Comunicado de prensa). Esta semana, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) realizó su visita “in loco” a Guatemala para observar la situación de derechos humanos, [...]

Law designed to protect minors has created a chilling effect on adolescent access to safe abortion services.