Tag: africa

Maputo Protocol at 20: Progress on Abortion Rights in Africa

Twenty years ago, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa—known as the Maputo Protocol—made history as the first legally binding international human rights instrument to explicitly guarantee the right to legal abortion in cases of sexual assault, rape and incest; when the pregnant person’s life or physical […]

2022 Global Highlights: Media Coverage

Select media coverage featuring Center leaders across the globe.