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CEDAW
Right-to-Life Amendments Sweep Mexican States
By Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America
May 29, 2009 - 9:00am
In 2007 the Mexican Supreme Court upheld a law which decriminalized abortion in Mexico City. Since then, twelve Mexican states have approved constitutional reforms defining personhood as beginning at the moment of conception.
Published under: Global Perspective | Access to Abortion | Contraception | Maternal Health | Women’s Rights | abortion criminalization | CEDAW | Mexico | personhood amendments | unsafe abortion
Twisted Treaty Shafts Women
By Janet Benshoof, Global Justice Center
February 4, 2009 - 9:00am
The CEDAW the US would ratify would preclude women from challenging laws based on the physical differences between men and women, including discriminatory maternity coverage or criminal abortion laws.
Published under: Leading Voices | Access to Abortion | Contraception | Maternal Health | Women’s Rights | CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women | human rights | international women's human rights
US Women Also Face Human Rights Struggles
By Marianne Mollmann, Human Rights Watch
February 2, 2009 - 9:00am
Women living in the United States can't appeal to international human rights law when they are inadequately protected by US law -- because the US has not signed on to CEDAW.
Published under: Leading Voices | Access to Abortion | Contraception | Maternal Health | Sexuality Education | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Women’s Rights | CEDAW | human rights | international women's human rights
Fight Of Our Lives: UNICEF Uncovers The State of Maternal Mortality
By Amie Newman, Managing Editor
January 15, 2009 - 7:01pm
Childbirth and pregnancy are extremely dangerous endeavors for the women of the world but most especially for women in developing nations and even more especially for teen girls in developing nations. We know this. We know that anti-choice, religious right extremists prefer to throw women and girls under the bus rather than admit to this fact. But it is the truth.
Published under: Real Time Blog | Maternal Health | CEDAW | maternal health | maternal mortality | MDGs | Millennium Development Goals | newborn health
Roundup: Obama and CEDAW; Brazilian Women Investigated for Abortion; Women Need an Advocate Like Clinton
December 2, 2008 - 12:30pm
Will Obama sign CEDAW?; Brazilian women investigated for abortion; "progressive circle" of advisors surrounding Obama; women need an advocate like Clinton in the Senate.
Published under: Real Time Blog | Election 2008 | Women’s Rights | Hillary Clinton | CEDAW | illegal abortion | roundup | Secretary of State | transition
Letter to the Candidates: What Will You Do to End Harsh Realities for Women Worldwide?
By IWHC, International Women's Health Coalition
September 26, 2008 - 8:00am
The staff of the International Women's Health Coalition pens a letter to our future president with concrete ideas for how to reverse the current harmful policies that do nothing to end violence, stop needless deaths from pregnancy and childbirth or prevent HIV.
IWHC's blog | Read more |
Published under: Contraception | Election 2008 | International Organizations | Maternal Health | Sexuality Education | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Women’s Rights | Joe Biden | John McCain | Sarah Palin | Barack Obama | CEDAW | Childbirth | Foreign Policy Debate 2008 | global women's health | pregnancy | U.N.
The High Price of Compromise
By Joanna Pozen, RH Reality Check
September 18, 2007 - 8:23am
Domestic women's rights advocates are gearing up for a renewed CEDAW ratification fight. But do they realize what effect passing an abortion-neutral CEDAW might have on reproductive rights in other countries?
Published under: Access to Abortion | Contraception | Election 2008 | International Organizations | Maternal Health | Sexuality Education | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Women’s Rights | CEDAW | United Nations


























