U.S._CERD_2007_USHRN Chapter on Health
USHRN CERD Shadow Report Chapter on Health https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/USHRN-Shadow-Report-Health-Ch-19.pdf
USHRN CERD Shadow Report Chapter on Health https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/USHRN-Shadow-Report-Health-Ch-19.pdf
Testimony before IACHR at a hearing on Women’s Human Rights Defenders – versions in English and Spanish. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IACHR_Defenders.English.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CIDH_Defenders.Spanish.pdf
Communication to Ms. Margaret Sekaggya, Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders
Declaration on Human Rights Defenders https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/UN-Resolution.pdf
Concluding Observations: Brazil_CEDAW_2007_English https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/XSL_CO.Brazil2007.pdf
A key United Nations human rights body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), is urging Ecuador to curb sexual violence against girls in schools. The issue was highlighted by a shadow letter from the Center. According to local organizations, between 22% and 63% of Ecuadorian girls report sexual abuse in […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for its review of Nicaragua during its 41st Session in November 2008. The letter discusses Nicaragua’s complete ban on abortion and its severe impact on women’s rights. Since 2006, Nicaragua has had one of the most restrictive […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee for its review of Nicaragua during its 94th Session in October 2008. The letter discusses Nicaragua’s complete ban on abortion and its severe impact on women’s rights. Since 2006, Nicaragua has had one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the […]
Slovakia must take urgent action to prevent Roma women from being sterilized without prior and informed consent. This was a key concluding observation from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which reviewed Slovakia on July 2. The Committee called on the government of Slovakia to better monitor public and private […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_nigeria_4_0.jpg In Nigeria, pregnant women just hours from giving birth travel unprotected on motorbikes instead of ambulances. Other women go around maternity wards begging for money to pay hospital fees. ,This shouldn’t be happening in Nigeria: the country has vast amounts of oil wealth and good maternal health policies. But some 59,000 Nigerian women still […]