European Union: Addressing the urgent needs of refugees from Ukraine who seek sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support
17 October 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Today, the European Parliament held a plenary debate on the situation of refugee women from Ukraine, including their access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The debate [...]
World Refugee Day: Many Refugees Across Europe Continue to Be Denied Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Prompting Call for Urgent Action
20.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Many refugee women and girls who have sought sanctuary and safety in Europe are still being denied access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services, according to [...]
New Study Suggests Many Women Refugees from Ukraine are Returning Home Temporarily to Access Essential Reproductive Healthcare as a Result of Barriers in Parts of the EU
16.05.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Women from Ukraine who sought sanctuary in the European Union often experience a series of entrenched barriers when seeking access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support in [...]
New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care
Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.
Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
The Center for Reproductive Rights and eight partner organizations documented the gaps and barriers in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services that are faced by refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, [...]
Center and Partners Call on Europe and Broader International Community to Address the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women and Girls Impacted by the Conflict in Ukraine
In a Call to Action, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined more than 60 human rights organizations to urge the European Union, Member State governments, the United Nations, other donor governments, and the broader international [...]
U.N. Human Rights Council Grills U.S. on Reproductive Rights
U.N. Human Rights Council Grills U.S. on Reproductive Rights Governments question U.S. for denying foreign assistance to women in need of safe abortion services (PRESS RELEASE) Governments this week asked the United States to explain [...]
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U.N. Committee Finds Women in the Philippines Face Reproductive Rights Violations and Discrimination
U.N. Committee Finds Women in the Philippines Face Reproductive Rights Violations and Discrimination The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Calls on the Filipino Government to Guarantee Universal Access to Modern Contraceptives and [...]
U.N. Committee Denounces Romania for Denying Women Reproductive Health Care
U.N. Committee Denounces Romania for Denying Women Reproductive Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (U.N. CESCR) has called on the Romanian government to revise its laws and policies [...]
European Court of Human Rights Finds Slovakia violated Romani women’s rights in another involuntary sterilization case
European Court of Human Rights Finds Slovakia violated Romani women’s rights (PRESS RELEASE) Today the European Court of Human Rights re-affirmed its recognition of involuntary sterilization of Romani women as a major human rights violation [...]
PUBLIC SERVICE EUROPE: Spain and Romania Backslide on Abortion
Spain and Romania Backslide on Abortion by Nancy Northup, President & CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights In recent decades—as an overwhelming preponderance of evidence has established an inextricable link between the availability of [...]
Romanian Officials to Consider New Abortion Law Requiring Five-Day ‘Reflection Period’ and Biased Counseling
Global human rights advocates call on Romanian government to reject extreme proposal (PRESS RELEASE) Nearly 40 international and European human rights organizations have joined together to urge Romanian officials to reject a proposed law that [...]
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