More than Our Status! Our Bodies! Our Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights! July 20th 2015 #DoYouSeeHIV Campaign launch! Using the backdrop of the final session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations, the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) and the Women’s Global Network on Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) are kicking off the #DoYouSeeHIV advocacy […]
The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) welcomes the decision made by Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, the outgoing President of Nigeria to sign into law the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, which prohibits, among other things, female circumcision or female genital mutilation (FGM) and other harmful traditional practices.[1] As a global network of more than […]
In commemoration of the May 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health, the following organizations and individuals issue this joint statement and call to action for the Philippine government to address the grave and systematic violations of women’s reproductive rights as found by the report of the United Nations CEDAW Committee released last April 29, 2015
Register now to the 12th International Women and Health Meeting in Dominican Republic. The meeting will be a space for women and organisations fighting for the rights and status of women to discuss, analyse, share and reflect on strategies to improve the health of women worldwide. The IWHM is based on two fundamental principles: equality as a prerequisite to the full enjoyment of health and distributive justice for women in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
May 28, International Day of Action for Women’s Health Our Health, Our Rights, Our Lives! End Violence Against Women in ALL its Forms On May 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health, women’s rights activists and allies advocate worldwide for women ’s comprehensive health and well-being, particularly their unmet sexual and reproductive health […]
More than Our Status! Our Bodies! Our Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights! May 1, 2015 Abuja, Nigeria United, 22 young women HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights activists came together for the Young Women’s Strategy Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, April 28 – 29, 2015. During this strategic session the women […]
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED! The life of a 10-year-old girl who is pregnant after having been raped by her stepfather is in danger. Despite the high risk this pregnancy poses and her mother’s request, access to safe abortion has not been yet provided.
CSOs from all over the world express concern on recently concluded 48th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD). On the final day, the chair produced a well-balanced text reflective of the various positions staked by governments, but to everyone’s surprise, this text was suddenly withdrawn by the chair only two hours after being distributed to delegates, without the chance for governments to engage in the normal fine-tuning that is routine at CPD negotiations.
