September 28th – Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion
SPW joins forces with other networks and organizations engaged in the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe Abortion. We recall that the date
Global and regional campaigns for September, 28th, 2014.
International Campaign for Womens Right to Safe Abortion When abortion is a crime – Center for Reproductive Rights. Take action for the September 28 Campaign
Portuguese written materials on the cases, few of which also look into the connections with electoral politics
Caso Jandira e aborto no Brasil: crime com pena de morte – Pragmatismo político Coragem para enfrentar o preconceito – Observatório da Imprensa Sobre princípios,
English written articles about the deaths of Jandira and Elizângela
Brazil’s Criminal Abortion Laws Are Killing Women – Reality Check Aborto clandestino en Brasil provoca muertes trágicas – Diário Rotativo (México) Stigma of Brazil abortions
Abortion and the general elections: a chronicle of announced tragedies
Jandira Cruz and Elisângela Barbosa died after resorting to unsafe clandestine abortion clinics. Their deaths are now inevitably interwoven with the 2014 intense and complex
Spain withdraws Bill aimet at limiting abortion right
The Spanish government has decided to withdraw a bill that would only allow abortion in cases of rape or significant health risk to the mother or fetus. Read
Egypt: 7 Held for Alleged Homosexual Conduct
Unlawful Arrests Undermine Basic Freedoms, Rule of Law SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should immediately release seven men arrested on September 6, 2014,
Fundamentalists Ramp Up Attacks on Human Rights Group in El Salvador
By Kathy Bougher September 2, 2014 – 7:24 pm Fundamentalist groups in El Salvador have escalated their media attacks against the “Freedom for the 17”
Sexual and reproductive rights global landscape in August 2014
In August, the Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) published the outcomes from the three Regional Dialogues organized in Asia (2009), Latin America (2009) and Africa (2010)
A pregnant, suicidal rape victim fought Ireland’s new abortion law. The law won
Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton / Getty It sounded like a strawman, until it wasn’t. There is one thing that suicidal rape victims need: immediate assistance.But for