The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) welcomes the recent approval of the Chilean Health Commission of the Legislative Chamber to decriminalize abortion in cases where the pregnant woman’s life is at risk, or in cases of fatal foetal impairments,[1] and urges the Commission to also approve abortion in case of rape, as recommended […]
Para ver la publicación original visita Hablemos de Sexo y Amor ¿Has tenido que tomar la decisión de llevar a término un embarazo o interrumpirlo? o ¿Has estado cerca de alguien que ha tomado esta decisión? Si es así, entonces este llamado será de tu interés. Diversos grupos de defensores y defensoras de los derechos sexuales […]
La Red Mundial De Mujeres por los Derechos Reproductivos (RMMDR) expresa su preocupación tras tener conocimiento de los recientes ataques en contra de La Colectiva Feminista para Desarrollo Local y de La Agrupación Ciudadana para Despenalización del Aborto Terapéutico, Ético y Eugenésico en medios de comunicación locales en El Salvador. Las dos organizaciones de la sociedad civil están conformadas […]
El Salvador has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, with abortion criminalized in all cases, even when the woman’s life or health is at risk, or in cases of rape or incest. One of the most serious consequences of the total ban is the incarceration and wrongful imprisonment of numbers of women who have suffered pregnancy-related complications and miscarriages. The total ban has also fed and perpetuated the widespread proliferation of abortion-related stigma. Produced, reproduced and reinforced at individual, community, institutional, cultural, and legal levels, abortion stigma has particularly grave impacts in restrictive settings, not only on those who may seek an abortion or are suspected of having an abortion, but also on WHRDs who work to defend sexual and reproductive rights.
We at WGNRR align ourselves with the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) in their statement of support for Amnesty International´s Resolution and draft policy. The proposed policy is evidence-based, grounded in human rights and harm reduction principles, and was developed through a process of meaningful consultation with sex workers themselves. We see it as an important step forward in developing policies that effectively contribute to better safeguards for sex workers, and in turn protect their human rights, including their rights to self-determination, privacy, health, to work and free choice of employment, to associate and organize, and to be free from violence and discrimination, among others.
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
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 […]
