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Category Archives: Maternal Mortality and Reproductive Rights
Talking easily about condoms
By Abhiram Roy, campaigner at Amnesty International Nepal. “I was amazed to see people talking easily about condoms,” says Sagar Budhathoki from youth peer education network Y-PEER Nepal, about his first sexual and reproductive rights training session a few years … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights, Maternal Mortality and Reproductive Rights, Maternal Mortality and Reproductive Rights, Nepal, Poverty, Right to Health, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Women, Women's Rights
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Rights – not criminalization – for girls and women, says UN health expert
By Stephanie Schlitt, Amnesty International’s Researcher and Policy Advisor on Gender Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, the UN’s expert on the right to health, Anand Grover, will present a ground-breaking report. The report exposes how states are putting … Continue reading
“Only one survived”… At a crossroads for women in Sierra Leone
By Lucy Freeman form the Africa Programme, Amnesty International, On Tuesday, we launched our new report on maternal health care in Sierra Leone. View report here At a Crossroads: Sierra Leone’s Free Health Care Policy. At the launch, the Ministry … Continue reading
U2 toast to freedom
By Miranda Nicholas, U2 360º Tour embed, Art for Amnesty Art for Amnesty is a global project that aims to increase artistic support for our human rights work. I am sitting on one of the uncountable crew buses and trucks … Continue reading
How we helped raise awareness of gender violence!
By Valentine Sebile, coordinator of Amnesty International’s 16 Days of Activism campaign The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign aimed at raising awareness of gender-based violence. It started on 25 November and ended on Friday 10 December. I’d … Continue reading