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Theme: Human rights

News | 25 August 2023

INTERNATIONAL AID CUTS – Women’s charities sound alarm as aid cuts hit SRH, abortion and equality spending

Topic: Abortion services Cost of abortion Humanitarian settings | Region: International | Theme: Gender equality Human rights |
News | 11 August 2023

PERU – Peru violated child rape victim’s rights by failing to guarantee access to abortion and criminally prosecuting her for self-abortion, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child finds

Topic: Trial and imprisonment | Region: Peru | Theme: Adolescents & youth Human rights Law |
News | 28 July 2023

POLAND – “Undress, squat, cough”: an innocent victim of the criminalisation of abortion

Topic: Abortion complications Criminalisation Trial and imprisonment | Region: Poland | Theme: Human rights Law Solidarity request |
News | 21 July 2023

AFRICA – Unsafe abortion a leading risk factor for death in many African countries, says ACHPR commissioner

Topic: Abortion deaths Unsafe abortion | Region: Africa | Theme: Human rights Law |
News | 21 July 2023

ETHIOPIA – How the overturning of Roe v. Wade is causing a ripple effect in Ethiopia +++ What Ethiopia can teach the US about abortion rights

Topic: Medical abortion Unsafe abortion | Region: Ethiopia | Theme: Human rights Law Opposition to abortion Research |
News | 21 July 2023

USA – Madame Restell, and the history of abortion in America +++ The dark money fight against abortion access +++ Threats against abortion rights activists +++ How to get abortion pills in every US state

Topic: Criminalisation Maternal deaths Telemedicine Trial and imprisonment | Region: USA | Theme: Campaigns Human rights Opposition to abortion |
News | 21 July 2023

CANADA – Report to the Universal Periodic Review 4th Cycle: Barriers to abortion in Canada

Region: Canada | Theme: Advocacy Human rights |
News | 13 July 2023

A letter to the US Supreme Court about Roe v. Wade, from a group of United Nations human rights experts

Topic: Criminalisation Law reform | Region: International USA | Theme: Adolescents & youth Advocacy Campaign statement Human rights Law |
News | 13 July 2023

AFRICA – Self-managed abortion in Africa: the decriminalization imperative in regional human rights standards 

Topic: Decriminalisation Self Managed Abortion | Region: Africa | Theme: Healthcare Human rights Law |
News | 7 July 2023

AFGHANISTAN – The crisis of maternal and child health

Topic: Humanitarian settings | Region: Afghanistan | Theme: Human rights |
News | 7 July 2023

UNITED KINGDOM / POLAND – Until restrictive abortion laws change, women will continue to suffer

Topic: Abortion deaths Consciencious objection Trial and imprisonment | Region: Poland UK | Theme: Advocacy Human rights Law |
News | 30 June 2023

SUDAN – Call for funding to avert preventable deaths of mothers and girls fleeing war in Sudan

Topic: Abortion deaths Contraceptive Access Unsafe abortion | Region: Sudan | Theme: Human rights Migration Solidarity request |
News | 30 June 2023

STOP PRESS! – Two new papers on abortion in Health and Human Rights Journal

Topic: Decriminalisation Law reform | Region: International | Theme: Human rights Research |
News | 22 June 2023

PERU – Girl raped by father should have received abortion access, UN Committee on Rights of the Child tells Peru

Topic: Abortion complications Criminalisation Trial and imprisonment Unsafe abortion | Region: Peru | Theme: Adolescents & youth Human rights Social justice |
News | 8 June 2023

UGANDA – Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 has been signed into law; A petition challenging its constitutionality has been filed in response

Topic: Criminalisation | Region: Uganda | Theme: Human rights Law |
News | 26 May 2023

UKRAINE – Care in Crisis: The health and well-being of some refugees from Ukraine are at risk

Topic: Humanitarian settings Unsafe abortion | Region: Ukraine | Theme: Healthcare Human rights |
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