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TAG: reproductive rights

The Yogyakarta Principles

By Daniel Sarmento* One of the most important human rights issues in the current world regards discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Notwithstanding advances that have been achieved in some countries, the systematic violation of human rights, the prejudice and the violence – physical or symbolic – are still the rule in this […]

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Petition in support of the Compulsory License

The undersigned organizations wish to express our support for the Brazilian government’s decision to issue a compulsory license for the medicine Efavirenz, whose patent is currently held by the transnational pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme. It is a historical and pioneer decision in Latin America, owing to a process of strong, social mobilization and […]

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Abortion Struggles: More gains than losses

By Sonia Corrêa* When 2007 begun, abortion rights advocates worldwide were, on the one hand, deeply regretting the abolition of the therapeutic abortion clause from the Nicaraguan Penal Code, on the other commemorating the decision of the Colombian Constitutional Court that make abortion legal and accessible in the cases of rape, grave fetal abnormality, women’s […]

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Global Public Health

Global Public Health, a leading peer-reviewed journal distinguished by its global focus and concern for health inequalities and the social and cultural dimensions of health, has dedicated a special supplement to the research that culminated in the publication of SexPolitics. The supplement, entitled The Contested Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, features condensed versions of six of the ten case studies that appear in SexPolitics: Reports from the Front Lines; these include Brazil, India, Peru, South Africa, Vietnam, and the World Bank.

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Uruguay: perspectivas del aborto

Alejandra López* La ley finalmente promulgada por el Poder Ejecutivo, Ley Nº 18.426, del 1º de diciembre de 2008, se modificó sustantivamente en su alcance, contenidos y propósitos, al no incluir la despenalización del aborto, que era el objetivo original de este proyecto y de todas las anteriores iniciativas legislativas anteriores. Las observaciones establecidas por […]

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Uruguay: Perspectives on the abortion front

Alejandra López Gómez* The Reproductive Health Policy Law (Law 18.426), finally promulgated by the Executive in Uruguay on November 20th, 2008, was substantially different in scope, content and purpose than the original version of the provision, as it does include the decriminalization of abortion, which, in fact, was the initial objective of the law approved […]

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Consideraciones sobre los Principios Por Mauro Cabral* Los Principios de Yogyakarta son el resultado de un largo y difícil proceso histórico, a través del cual la diversidad de cuerpos, identidades, sexualidades y géneros ha sido y está siendo introducida, progresivamente, en el marco del sistema internacional de derechos humanos. El texto de los Principios expone […]

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Papers and articles

Considerations about the Principles By Mauro Cabral* The Yogyakarta Principles are the outcome of a long and difficult historical process through which the diversity of bodies, identities, sexualities and genders has been progressively infused in the overarching framework of the international human rights principles. The text of the Principles makes clear that normative principles established […]

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South American Regional Consultation on the Right to Health

SPW, ABIA and Conectas Human Rights facilitated a South American Consultation on Right to Health called by Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, March 25th and 26th, in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Global Public Health

Global Public Health, a leading peer-reviewed journal distinguished by its global focus and concern for health inequalities and the social and cultural dimensions of health, has dedicated a special supplement to the research that culminated in the publication of SexPolitics. The supplement, entitled The Contested Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, features condensed versions of six of the ten case studies that appear in SexPolitics: Reports from the Front Lines; these include Brazil, India, Peru, South Africa, Vietnam, and the World Bank.

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