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Magazine Dos Latinas: English Version
This edition is the green scarf turned magazine: it celebrates the recent achievements of the feminist and women's movement regarding the decriminalization of abortion in Latin America, and recognizes, thanks, and honors previous victories that [...]
Revista Verde: Edición Español
Esta edición es el pañuelo verde hecho revista: celebra los logros recientes del movimiento feminista y de mujeres frente a la despenalización del aborto en América Latina, y reconoce, agradece y homenajea conquistas anteriores que [...]
Embarazo de niñas y adolescentes, violencia sexual e impunidad en América Latina y el Caribe
Este informe analiza cuatro casos (Norma vs. Ecuador, Fátima vs. Guatemala, Susana vs. Nicaragua y Lucía vs. Nicaragua) presentados por el movimiento Niñas No Madres, del que hace parte el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos, ante el [...]
Teenage Pregnancy, Sexual Violence and Impunity in Latin America and the Caribbean
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 [...]
Colombia: Histórico Avance en la Despenalización del Aborto
This fact sheet discusses the implications of the Colombia Constitutional Court’s ruling in February, 2022, decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.
Colombia: Historic Advancement in the Decriminalization of Abortion
This fact sheet discusses the implications of the Colombia Constitutional Court's ruling in February, 2022, decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.
Global Trends: Abortion Rights 2022
An infographic showing the global trends in abortion rights.
Caso Eulogia Guzmán y su hijo Sergio Vs. Perú
Eulogia es una mujer campesina y quechuahablante que quería tener un parto vertical y en casa, conforme a sus tradiciones y de la misma forma que había tenido a sus otros cinco hijos. Sin embargo, [...]
Eulogiamanta Sergio wawanmantawan Peru suyuman churapakusqankumanta
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children, but the Peruvian government ignored her cultural [...]
Case of Eulogia Guzmán and her son Sergio v. Peru
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical and home birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children. However, the Peruvian state disregarded [...]
Caso Francisca: (F.S.) Violaciones a los Derechos Reproductivos de las Mujeres Viviendo con VIH
En 2002, Francisca decidió tener su primer hijo, pero en la primera etapa de su embarazo la diagnosticaron VIH. Ella tomó las medidas para reducir el contagio vertical al feto y dio a luz mediante [...]
¿Cómo beneficiaría a las niñas y adolescentes la eliminación del delito de aborto en Colombia?
A publication on the benefits of abortion decriminalization for girls and adolescents in Colombia.
Reproductive health and glyphosate in the context of the armed conflict
As the Colombian government has tried to restart its aerial fumigation program with a herbicide called glyphosate, the Center for Reproductive Rights has published a report showing that the herbicide used in the program had [...]
Reproductive Violence in the Colombian Armed Conflict
The decision whether or not to have children does not belong to any armed group, to the State or to anyone else but the women themselves. The Center presented this report on reproductive violence to [...]
Paola vs Ecuador: La Educación Sexual y Reproductiva como Derecho Esencial para Prevenir la Violencia Sexual
In a landmark ruling in Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights established legally binding standards to prevent sexual violence and harassment in schools throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and held [...]
Manuela v. El Salvador: The Impact of Blanket Abortion Bans on Women Experiencing Obstetric Emergencies
Available in Spanish: Manuela vs. El Salvador: El Impacto De La Prohibicion Absoluta Del Aborto Sobre Las Mujeres Que Sufren Emergencias Obstetricas