V. Acknowledgments

Marianne Møllmann, advocacy director for the Women’s Rights Division, authored this report.  The report is based on field research carried out by Marianne Møllmann and by María Azcue, intern for the Women’s Rights Division, in February and March 2010.  Additional desk research was carried out by both field researchers and by Sarah Kaplan, Melanie Robbins, and Miriam Wells, interns for the Women’s Rights Division. The report was reviewed by Janet Walsh, deputy director for the Women’s Rights Division, Daniel Wilkinson, deputy director of the Americas division, Tamara Taraciuk Broner, consultant with the Americas Division, Rebecca Schleifer, advocacy director for the Health and Human Rights Division, Zama Coursen-Neff, deputy director for the Children’s Rights Division, Aisling Reidy of the Legal and Policy office, and Danielle Haas, consultant for the Program Office.  Daniela Ramirez, Fitzroy Hepkins, José Martinez, and Grace Choi provided production assistance. We are grateful to the many individuals and organizations who contributed with their time, expertise, and information to this research.  Human Rights Watch sincerely thanks all the courageous women who shared their experiences with us and made this report possible.

We appreciate the feedback on this report provided by Mabel Bianco, president of FEIM, the Foundation for Studies and Research on Women, Silvina Ramos, senior researcher with CEDES, the Center for Studies on State and Society, and the team at Lesbians and Feminists for the Decriminalization of Abortion. Human Rights Watch takes full responsibility for any errors or omissions.

The Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the financial support of Arcadia, the Moriah Fund, the Trellis Fund, and other supporters.