This is a statement by the SAIGE network commemorating the International Safe Abortion Day on September 28th. This statement has been submitted to the 45th session of the Human Rights Council. Download the full statement here. Marginalised women face multiple oppressions and we can only truly achieve human rights by addressing how they impact one […]
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The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated differential access to safe and legal abortion around the world, both between and within countries during 2020. Many borders have been closed and lockdowns have confined women to their homes, making it difficult to access safe, legal abortions. Even where abortion is accessible, in-person and especially hospital-based abortion […]
Read MoreIn support of the upcoming International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, the Sexual Rights Initiative, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition, Ipas, the Asia-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women, the Association for Women’s Rights in Development , and CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality have developed a joint statement on abortion rights for delivery at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Read More(Please find the content in Spanish, French and Russian below) In support of the September 28 “Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion” Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI), Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), Ipas, the Asia-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), AWID, the Youth Coalition and the Swedish Association for Sexuality and […]
Read MoreIn Sri Lanka there is a process currently underway in cabinet to present the amendment to the abortion law that will allow abortions in two instances: 1. When the mother carries a foetus with Lethal Congenital Malformation. 2. When a woman becomes pregnant as a result of rape. We urge the government to bring this […]
Read MoreIn solidarity with all European women, after the exemplary struggle of Spanish women in 2014 and Polish women in 2016, we demand that women’s rights, the right to control their own bodies, the right to abortion and to health are respected in all European countries and recognized as fundamental rights for equality in Europe.
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