“I Felt Like the World Was Falling Down on Me”
Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic

Structural racial discrimination, inequality, the criminalization of abortion and the excessive use of force by the National Police are major human rights concerns. Authorities in the Dominican Republic are still responding to a 2013 ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal that stripped citizenship from tens of thousands of Dominicans of migrant descent, mostly of Haitian origin. A national regularization plan ended in 2018, achieved the regularization of thousands of migrants. However, many eligible people still cannot resolve their situation, and the practice of illegal expulsions and deportations continues, as do the challenges for accessing asylum in the Dominican Republic.
Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic
The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic
On International Day of the Girl, Imagine Life with Reproductive Rights Guaranteed
Girls Need Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Health Services, Safe Abortion
People Without Dominican, Haitian Citizenship Stranded as Hurricane Matthew Approaches