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It is our pleasure to present you with the report on the observation of September 28 Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion in 2013.
As you will read more in detail in the Background section the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion is a relatively new day of activism. However, despite of its novelty due to its relevance in practically every corner of the world the Day of Action found global recognition almost instantly amounting to activists from 50 countries marking the day in 2012, and expanding to 60 countries or more counting on-line participation
in 2013. Truly, mobilisation for abortion rights on such a scale is unprecedented and we remain hopeful that campaigning around September 28 will only grow in numbers of committed organisations and individuals in the years to come up until the moment when women’s rights to choose whether to continue pregnancy or not will be respected and protected all over the world.
This report mainly focuses on the results of the globalization of September 28 campaign beyond its original geographical scope which is Latin America and the Caribbean, while the detailed account of the regional September 28 mobilisation is produced by the coordinators of Campaña 28 de Setiembre Día por la Despenalización del Aborto en América Latina y el Caribe www.28deseptiembre.org.
This report covers the work undertaken by Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) in globalization of September 28 Day of Action, the social media engagement on the Day of Action, the account of September 28 events that took place globally as well as the media coverage of the global mobilisation.
It is never enough to emphasise the importance of collaboration and working in alliances. The success of September 28 Global Day of Action would have not been possible to achieve if not for the coordinated action and a constant flow of communication between several global and regional networks, international organisations and the national leaders. WGNRR works in partnership with International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe
Abortion, ASTRA Central and Eastern European Network for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Right, Asia Safe Abortion Partnership (ASAP), international organisation Ipas and in close consultation with the coordinators of the regional Latin American and Caribbean Septmeber 28 campaign towards promotion of the September 28 Day of Action globally.
Read the FULL text of the report here