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UN Human Rights Committee Recommends India Improve Access to SRH Services and Education
In attempts to reduce risks of maternal mortality and unintended pregnancies, Committee recommends that India address barriers to safe abortion access, eradicate forced sterilization practices, and provide access to reproductive health education and services.
Center Conducts Training in Nepal to Help Protect SRHR During Disasters
Four-day "train the trainers' event aims to build partners' capacity to implement programs at the grassroots level to enhance accountability and responsiveness.
Factsheet Examines the Impact of India’s Laws on Adolescents’ Access to Abortion Care
Law designed to protect minors has created a chilling effect on adolescent access to safe abortion services.
New Fact Sheet Examines Sri Lanka Abortion Laws, Policies and Practices
Although the country criminalizes abortion, it is available clandestinely—and unsafe abortion is the third leading cause of maternal deaths.
Advocating for Abortion Reform in the Philippines
New brief outlines the impact of the country’s restrictive laws and recommends legalization and decriminalization.
Advocacy Efforts by the Center and Regional Partners Lead to CEDAW Recommendation to Liberalize Turkmenistan Abortion Law
Advocacy included a joint submission and presentation highlighting the country’s restrictive abortion laws and barriers to access.
Study Finds That Pakistan’s Vague Laws Enable Health Care Providers to Deny Abortion Services in Sindh Province
Report by the Center and Aahung recommends the decriminalization of abortion and training of health care providers to improve access to care.
Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees
Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.
Center to Convene Panel on Transnational Surrogacy for the Global South Women’s Forum
Register now to attend this virtual session on October 31.
Discussions with Nepal Leaders Highlight Infertility, Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Issues
The Center’s Asia team meets with human rights experts and members of Nepal’s Parliament and Ministry of Health and Population.
Center Organizes Events to Support SRHR in Nepal
Four events feature Center leaders, human rights defenders and other experts on reproductive rights.
Center Holds Seminar for Thai Judges on Legal Issues of Surrogacy in Asia
100+ participants learn about surrogacy laws, case studies and key cases in several Asian countries to help improve legal standards in the region.
Center Leads Workshop to Broaden Understanding of SRHR Issues in Asia
Three-day training for young lawyers, youth advocates, health professionals and others held through the South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative.
Center and Partners Outline Ways to Increase Abortion Access in India
Manual launched by the Center and partners outlines India's abortion laws, barriers to access, and reforms needed.
“Let’s Talk Repro” Series: Prabina Bajracharya, Senior Manager for Asia
"I see reproductive rights as being at the core of gender equality and human rights, and this really resonates with the Center's mission."
Progress on Abortion Rights in the Philippines
For the first time, the Philippine Human Rights Commission recommends that abortion be decriminalized.
Center and Partners Launch Fact Sheet on Adolescents’ Access to Abortion in India
Watch a replay of the virtual event.
UN Treaty Bodies Call for the Philippines to Decriminalize Abortion and Protect Adolescents’ SRHR
Actions follow years of advocacy by the Center and its national partners.
With Recent Ruling, India Follows Global Trend of Liberalizing Abortion Laws
Supreme Court rules safe and legal abortion under Indian law applies to all women, regardless of marital status.
Op-ed: Reproductive Rights, India
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The Center's Sara Malkani discusses a significant abortion ruling by India’s top court.