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  Maternal health, reproductive rights and the criminalisation of abortion in Central America

  2012

  Improving maternal health is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). MDG5 commits countries to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015.
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  N°47 de Cotidiano Mujer

  2013

  Abortion is prohibited in most countries in the Global South. This publication by Cotidiano Mujer (Everyday Woman), a Uruguayan feminist collective, analyses issues related to the new right of women to voluntary abortion in Uruguay. It also addresses the Cairo+20 process, in which such sexual and reproductive health and rights will be reviewed.
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  Standards on abortion, protection of the right to health and other human rights Routes to advance the Cairo Programme of Action

  La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres, 2012

  This paper addresses key abortion and reproductive health issues, looking at global commitments with a focus on the legal landscape in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The document is part of a research series developed with the support of La Mesa Advocates for Women's Life and Health (La Mesa por la Vida y Salud de las Mujeres) in Colombia.
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  Commission on Population and Development (CPD) 46 Joint oral statement

  2013

  This joint statement was delivered at the 46th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) on behalf of the Human Rights Caucus. This caucus is a group of 36 organisations working on sexual and reproductive health, human rights, and migrants’ rights. The statement calls for the following (among a number of other actions):
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  All you need to know about legal abortion in Colombia (2006-2013) / Lo que hay que saber sober el aborto legal (2006 – 2013)

  2013

  In May 2006, the Colombian Constitutional Court case C-355 not only decriminalised abortion in certain circumstances, it also recognised that women and girls who require abortions a
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  Realizing sexual and reproductive rights: a human rights framework

  2012

  More than 18 years ago at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo (1994) the world’s governments adopted the landmark Programme of Action on population and development.
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  Good Practices for ensuring accountability for women's reproductive health submission to the independent expert review group call for evidence

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2012

  In May 2012, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted information to the Independent Expert Review Group (iERG), a four-year panel that is part of the U.N. Secretary General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, on best practices for protecting and promoting the health of women and young people worldwide.
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  Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the lives of girls and women in Nigeria

  British Council, 2012

  This report provides a comprehensive view of gender in Nigeria. It assesses progress in key areas, including: employment and livelihoods, education and health, political representation, and violence. It finds that women and girls suffer systematic disadvantage and discrimination that is magnified for those in the poorest States and sectors of society.
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  DRAFT: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

  International Women's Health Coalition, 2012

  This is a draft working paper on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of the post-2015 framework. Universal health insurance is a critical factor in achieving health coverage because of the role it can play in providing financial protection against expensive health costs.
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  Women and Children’s Health: PMNCH Knowledge Summary 18 on nutrition

  1,000 Days, 2012

  Gender inequality is linked to higher rates of child mortality and malnutrition. Women often have less education, lower economic status, and limited decision-making at household and community levels, all of which contributes to poorer nutrition. Women’s status often determines maternal and child feeding practices as well as how food is consumed and distributed within the household.

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