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Organization of American States Links Abortion Restrictions to Violence Against Women; Calls on Governments to Decriminalize Abortion
10.03.14 – (PRESS RELEASE) For the first time ever a committee within the Organization of American States (OAS)—considered to be the United Nations for the Americas—is recommending that all governments decriminalize abortion in cases of rape and incest, when the woman’s health or life is at risk and in cases of fetal impairments. This OAS committee focused on […]
Read moreLGBTTTI Coalition at the OAS 44th general Assembly
LGBTTTI Coalition celebrates tha approval of the seventh resolution on human rigths, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression at the OAS 44th General Assembly. Click here to read its statement.
Read moreAfrica: Resolution on human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, meeting at its 55 Ordinary Session held in Luanda, Angola, from 28 April to 12 May 2014, delivered a groundbreaking resolution on human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This outcome is the result of systematic work performed by civili society organizations […]
Read moreWomen’s Rights in the Dominican Republic Take Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Reproductive health and human rights advocates testified today in Washington, D.C. on women’s rights issues, including discrimination, violence and reproductive rights violations in the Dominican Republic. Read more on Center for Reproductive Rights website.
Read moreAchievements in 2013 in Latin America and Caribbean
The LGBTTTI Coalition Working at the OAS highlighted the advances achieved in 2013, such as the approval of the Inter-American Conventions Against Racism and Against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance – including sexual orientation and gender identit – and the creation of a thematic Rapporteur on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and […]
Read moreLATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CELEBRATES THE CREATION OF IACHR LGBTI RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR TO ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS IN THE AMERICAS
LGBTTTI Coalition of Organizations working within the framework of the OAS expressed support and appreciation regarding the creation by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of a Rapporteur on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI). Click here to read the statement.
Read moreReport on the Human Rights Situation of Afro-Brazilian Trans Women
A report on the Situation of Afro-Brazilian Trans Women was presented during a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights last week in Washington D.C. It was done in collaboration with our partner organization Rede de Negros e Negras LGBT of Brazil and some Trans organizations from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. […]
Read moreProstitution, love and market
Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights brough interviews with scholars (Sealing Cheng and Thaddeus Blanchette) working on the connections between love, prostitution and market. Read the interview with Sealing Cheng (Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong). Read interview (in Portuguese) with Thaddeus Blanchette (Federal University of Rio de […]
Read more6th Asia Pacific Population Conference
The 6th Asia Pacific Population Conference (APPC) took place at the end of September in Bangkok. The final document brings recommendations on gender equality and sexual and reproductive rights, including access to contraceptive, reduction of maternal mortality and access to safe abortion (at this point, the document points that such access must be avaialable under […]
Read moreRegional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 2013
The Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean ended on August 15, 2013 after country delegates agreed upon a groundbreaking document the “Montevideo Consensus On Population And Development” that fully reaffirms and goes beyond guidelines established by the Cairo Program of Action in 1994. Hundreds of civil society representatives […]
Read moreSalvadoran woman who sought abortion delivers baby after a C-section
El Salvador: Following an Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ determination, Salvadoran woman who sought abortion delivers baby after a C-section. Read more.
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