(Versión en español más abajo) WGNRR condemns the recent murder of Honduran LGBTQI activist and Women Human Rights Defender (WHRD)[1] Paola Barraza, and urges the government of Honduras to take immediate action to protect the human rights of all LGBTQI activists and WHRDs in the country. Paola, a trans woman, was a member of the […]
Let’s talk about unsafe abortions in the Philippines Each woman’s life is important. No woman should die because of unsafe abortion. Three women die every day in the Philippines as a result of complications from unsafe abortion.[1] Three families lose their daughter, sister, wife or mother every day, from a totally preventable cause. Abortion is […]
Women Human Rights Defenders break the silence on unsafe abortion in the Philippines January 22, 2016 Manila, Philippines Criminalized under all circumstances, abortion remains a taboo subject in the Philippines, underlining the pressing need for open spaces and discussion on the topic as demonstrated at a recent public forum in Manila. On Wednesday, January 20th, […]
WGNRR Africa Programme Officer, Nondo Ejano, will be participating in the 7th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights: Realizing Demographic Dividend in Africa, The Critical Importance of Adolescents and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights on 8-12 FEB 2016 in ACCRA, GHANA. Are you participating in the 7th ACSHR? Please let us know […]
Are you participating in the 3rd IWAC congress to be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 26-29 January 2016? Please let us know by emailing marevic@wgnrr.org.
The case brought by the Hungarian State against midwife and women human rights defender (WHRD) Dr Agnes Gereb has a long history of injustice, double standards, and vindictiveness towards independent midwives, but also of international solidarity and support. Agnes Gereb believes in giving women a choice in birth. This is the reason why after attending […]
The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights condemns the recent Constitutional ruling in the Dominican Republic, which declares unconstitutional the 2014 amendment to the penal code to decriminalize abortion under limited circumstances.[1] This is a drastic step backwards, as it reinstates an archaic code from 1884 that denies women and girls access to abortion in […]
