TAG: reproductive rights
The Sexual Politics landscape in August 2015 and early September
SPW has the great pleasure to announce the publication of Working Paper nº 11 Emerging Powers, Sexuality and Human Rights: Fumbling around the elephant. Authored by Sonia Corrêa and akshay khanna, the article is part of a series of analyses developed by the project Emerging powers, sexuality and human rights. The other products of this […]
Read moreStruggling for legal abortion in Brazil: The Congress frontline
Image: Barbara Kruger By Sonia Corrêa[1] As previously reported by SPW (here and here) , for some time now, growing obstacles have been impairing any movement forward in the legalization of abortion in Brazil. Yet, despite many regressions and constraints, feminists groups committed to the right to decide continue to bravely resist anti-abortion forces. […]
Read morePope Francis’ decision to forgive women who have abortion is criticized by reproductive rights advocates
Pope Francis once more gained global visibility by allowing priests to forgive women who have had an abortion. His speech — delivered on September first apparently signaling a Vatican’s step forward in regard to women’s rights — because it recognized that “the pressures that lead [women who have abortions] to take decision” and, most principally, […]
Read moreIt’s Pope Francis Who Should Apologize on Abortion
With his latest comments, Pope Francis has built a shiny new smokescreen to distract from the grave and immoral harms caused by the Vatican’s opposition to abortion and women’s equality.
Read moreJoint Statement for the Human Rights Committee’s Day of Discussion on the Right to Life
Distinguished Committee Members: I wish to thank the Committee for the opportunity to deliver this brief statement on behalf of over fifty human rights organizations from across the globe. We welcome the Committee’s decision to draft this general comment and believe that it presents a critical opportunity for the Committee to elaborate on states’ obligations […]
Read moreClinical practice handbook for safe abortion, World Health Organization
The Clinical practice handbook for safe abortion care is intended to facilitate the practical application of the clinical recommendations from the second edition of Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems (World Health Organization [WHO] 2012). While legal, regulatory, policy and service -delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommendations and […]
Read moreUN Committee on Human Rights discusses the right to life
The UN Committee on Human Rights is developing a new General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that addresses the right to life. The last General Comment on the topic, adopted in 1982, centered on violations of the right to life resulting from war, acts of mass violence, […]
Read moreThis Abortion Rights Billboard Got Taken Down Before Obama Could See It
Reproductive health advocates say they were told Kenyan officials insisted on the removal of the billboard criticizing Obama’s position on a controversial abortion rule. posted on Jul. 24, 2015, at 12:33 p.m. Jina Moore BuzzFeed News World Correspondent A billboard protesting Obama’s strict interpretation of the anti-abortion Helms Amendment was taken down on July 10, […]
Read moreUnpacking Malawi Special Law Commission final review’ findings and recommendations on abortion law
The current position of the law is that abortion is illegal in Malawi except where it is performed to save the life of the pregnant woman through a surgical operation. The Special Law Commission (SLC) resolved and agreed that abortion law in Malawi should be liberalized (that is, conditional relaxation of the restrictions) as opposed […]
Read moreOpportunities of jobs in women’s rights field
AWID Women Human Rights Defenders – Program Coordinator This position is primarily responsible for implementation of the WHRD strategy toward AWID’s 2016 International Forum, as well as relevant post-Forum strategy, which will aim to further consolidate partnerships with diverse groups to advance creative and collective responses to address and counter the violence and oppression facing […]
Read moreThe challenges of a “progressive” Pope
by Juan Marco Vaggione Since his inauguration as the new pontiff, Bergoglio has generated new complexities for those of us who think that it is necessary to dismantle the religious imprints on the ethical and legal regulation of sexual order. The Catholic Church, under the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, has remained […]
Read moreWhat the ‘Abortion Drone’ Will (And Won’t) Mean for Reproductive Rights
The Poland “abortion drone” is causing a splash in the media and excited buzz in the reproductive rights community, but it has also become a source of misinformation and anxiety.
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