Rebecca Brown

Rebecca Brown is director of global advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights. Previously, she was deputy director of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), where she oversaw the organization’s program work and coordinated the Women and ESCR Working Group. Brown graduated cum laude from CUNY School of Law and served on the CUNY Law Review. She served in the Peace Corps in Gambia and received her B.A. in political science and women’s studies from Hunter College, also cum laude.

To Stop Maternal Deaths, Nations Must Provide Women Quality Health Care

November 21, 2014November 21, 2014 by Rebecca Brown

The Human Rights Council passed its fifth resolution on preventable maternal deaths and pregnancy complications recently, reaffirming the steadfast commitment of the United Nations toward eliminating preventable maternal deaths. Led by Burkina Faso, Colombia and New Zealand, the resolution was passed unanimously by the council in Geneva. The resolution urges countries to adopt human rights … Read more To Stop Maternal Deaths, Nations Must Provide Women Quality Health Care

Will Women’s Reproductive Rights Be Dropped in the Post-2015 Agenda?

January 3, 2015July 17, 2014 by Rebecca Brown

The United Nations’ post-2015 development agenda is the next phase of the Millennium Development Goals, which provided a 15-year road map to tackle poverty and foster development in the world’s poorest countries. But as putting together the new agenda moves forward, it is becoming clear that the critical needs of women may be pushed aside. … Read more Will Women’s Reproductive Rights Be Dropped in the Post-2015 Agenda?

Women Must Have Control Over Their Own Bodies

May 17, 2014March 9, 2014 by Rebecca Brown

Earlier this year France was the latest to join a handful of progressive countries to expand access to reproductive health services — with its National Assembly amending the country’s laws to affirm a woman’s right to an abortion through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and criminalize attempts to obstruct this right. What is refreshing … Read more Women Must Have Control Over Their Own Bodies

To Stop Maternal Deaths, Nations Must Provide Women Quality Health Care

Will Women’s Reproductive Rights Be Dropped in the Post-2015 Agenda?

Women Must Have Control Over Their Own Bodies

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