Category: News

Advocates Around the World Mobilize for Abortion Access

From  Ms. Magazine On September 28, advocates mobilized in over 50 countries for the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. A flash mob in Indonesia, a pro-choice picnic in New Zealand, and a silent march in Kenya are examples of the variety of events organized by sexual and reproductive rights […]

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Need to save lives by making abortions safe

From DECCAN HERALD Gopal Dabade, Oct 1, 2013 Not many in India are aware that last week, on September 28, the world celebrated the “Day of action for access to safe abortions.”  It is slowly picking up and becoming international in nature, though its origin is in Latin America where women’s groups have been mobilising […]

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890,000 abortions take place in Pakistan every year

From The International News (Pakistan) The Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Centre, in commemoration of Global Safe Abortion Day, organised a networking meeting on Friday to address issues of unsafe abortion.   The meeting, held with the support of the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), was attended by several organisations and individuals with experience in […]

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Abortion in the criminal law – Call for Action and Research Document by International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion

International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion issued a report “Abortion in the criminal law: exposing the role of health professionals, the police, the courts and imprisonment internationally”. The report exposes  the role that criminal law, police, courts, prisons and health care providers have on both women’s ability to access safe abortion services and health […]

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Press release on September 28 Global Day of Action

  Sexual and reproductive health organisations and advocates in over 50 countries will be mobilising on September 28 for the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion- a global mobilisation that seeks to decriminalise abortion, provide access to safe and affordable abortion services and end stigma and discrimination towards women who […]

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