Center for Reproductive Rights
- Barbara Crossette
- • July 17, 2019
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The most liberal laws on abortion are found in the richest industrial countries. Does that matter? Advocates for reproductive health care say yes, because the abortion gap is often a bellwether indicating that health care for women in many developing …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Health and Population, Take a Look
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- Opinion by Rebecca Brown
- • November 21, 2014
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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 …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 21, 2014
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Even as more countries have expanded the rights of women to safe, legal abortions in the last 20 years, some countries — particularly certain areas in the United States and in Central America — have rolled back such rights …
- Categories: Health and Population, Human Rights, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • August 4, 2014
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The 2014 United Nations Human Development Report appeared at the end of July wrapped around the title “Sustaining Human Progress,” a goal that moves beyond meeting the targets that can measure achievement at any given time but cannot promise continuity …
- Categories: Development, Women
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- Opinion by Rebecca Brown
- • July 17, 2014
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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 …
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