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April 25, 2019 Background Briefing

Ecuador: Memorandum on Abortion and International Human Rights Law

April 1, 2019 News Release

Ecuador: Decriminalize Abortion in Rape Cases

Assembly Should Ease Abortion Laws

A green handkerchief with the hashtags #DéjameDecidir (let me decide) and #AbortoPorViolación (abortion in cases of rape) has become emblematic of the campaign for the decriminalization of abortion in Ecuador.
November 19, 2018 News Release

Dominican Republic: Abortion Ban Endangers Health

Criminal Penalties Violate Rights

People take part in a march in Santo Domingo for the decriminalization of abortion in three circumstances: when the life of a pregnant woman is in danger, when the pregnancy resulted from rape, or when the fetus will not survive outside the womb.
August 3, 2018 News Release

Brazil: Reproductive Rights Activist Threatened

Investigate Threats; Protect Freedom of Expression

Activists demonstrate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 19, 2018 in favor of abortion legalization.
May 30, 2018 Amicus Briefing

Colombia: Amicus Curiae on Access to Abortion

April 20, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Argentina

78th session, 2018

April 11, 2018 Letter

Coalition Letter to ICE Deputy Director Homan Regarding the Detention of Pregnant Individuals

February 16, 2018 Dispatches

Duterte’s Condom Criticism Imperils Philippine HIV Fight

Presidential ‘Joke’ Sets Back Reproductive Health Efforts

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November 20, 2017 Dispatches

Philippines Lifts Ban on 51 Contraceptives

Fully Implement and Enforce the Reproductive Health Law

201711Asia_Philippines_BirthControl Women listen during a family planning lecture by a Likhaan NGO health worker at a reproductive health clinic in Tondo, metro Manila, Philippines January 12, 2016.
September 28, 2017 Commentary

Why Brazil Should Protect Women’s Reproductive Rights

August 27, 2017 News Release

Menstrual Hygiene a Human Rights Issue

A Simple Guide to Ending Discrimination, Abuse

Girls in India during a hygiene training as part of the Great WASH Yatra. Himanshu Khagta, WASH United, 2012
July 24, 2017 Q & A

Q&A: Human Rights Law and Access to Abortion

July 18, 2017 Commentary

Zika Emergency May Have Passed, But Risks to Families Remain

Mother holding her child in Brazil.
June 20, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission on South Korea to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

April 19, 2017 Dispatches

Sanitation is a Right, Not a ‘Nice to Have’

Government Action Needed to Address Discrimination, Ensure Access

Female and male latrines at a secondary school in Mwanza, northeastern Tanzania. Many students told Human Rights Watch that they had to use dirty and congested pit latrines.

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