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The Center for Reproductive Rights uses the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world.

This month has been a tough one for anyone who cares about reproductive rights. The pushback has been strong, and immediate.

We teach young people about their sexual and reproductive health and rights because gender discrimination robs girls of their right to make decisions about their own bodies.

EWTN is a global, Catholic Television, Catholic Radio, and Catholic News Network that provides catholic programming and news coverage from around the world.

Deliver for Good is an evidence-based advocacy and communications push to promote the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. A core element of the campaign is the following policy briefs related to the 12 investment areas. These initial briefs were drafted in consultation with more than 25 issue experts from around the world. Have … Continued

Reproductive justice and safe access to abortion, like so many other aspects of managing our healthcare, is fundamentally tied to our digital lives. With the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson to overturn the protections that Roe v. Wade offered for people seeking abortion healthcare, what was benign data before is now potentially criminal evidence. This expanded threat to digital rights is especially dangerous for BIPOC, lower-income, immigrant, LGBTQ+ people and other traditionally marginalized communities, and the healthcare providers serving these communities. On this page we have assembled data privacy guides for anyone potentially affected: those seeking abortion healthcare, clinics and health professionals, as well as those involved in the abortion access advocacy movements. This page also links to EFF's advocacy and recommendations to legislatures and companies to better protect the digital rights of people seeking and providing reproductive healthcare. Watch this short video on digital security for the abortion access movement: %3Ciframe%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fembed%2FDigital_Security_for_Abortion_Access%22%20webkitallowfullscreen%3D%22true%22%20mozallowfullscreen%3D%22true%22%20allowfullscreen%3D%22%22%20width%3D%22640%22%20height%3D%22480%22%20frameborder%3D%220%22%20allow%3D%22autoplay%22%3E%3C%2Fiframe%3E Privacy info. This embed will serve content from archive.org

ACN Abortion Care Network. We know that we are stronger together and that abortion is essential health care. Your support is vital to our member's ability to meet every patient’s needs and ensure that providers are fully equipped to provide care. Let’s unite and show up as a country to keep our clinics!

Abortion Care Network has local, national, and international allies who bring diverse perspectives in advocacy and research to the abortion care community.

National Background and ContextEach year, a broad cross section of people in the United States obtain abortions. In 2017, 862,320 abortions were provided in clinical settings in the United States.The U.S. Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right to abortion in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and has reaffirmed that right in subsequent decisions.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has taken away our right to abortion and overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the floodgates for states across the country to ban abortion.

Even with the pandemic wreaking havoc on the U.S. and global health care systems and economies, reproductive health care needs and decisions cannot be put on hold during the COVID-19 crisis.

The decision of whether and when to have children is a personal, private matter and an individual right. Over the years, reproductive rights have been advanced and rolled back in federal courts, impacting access to safe and legal abortion; insurance coverage for basic health care; when a woman may choose to terminate a pregnancy, and beyond. For better or for worse, the judges sitting in lifetime seats on the federal bench interpret the law and decide how it should be applied. Though the public and the media tend to focus on a few high-profile cases each year heard by the US Supreme Court, every day critical decisions are also being made in federal district and circuit courts. Justice for all depends on a diverse, fair, and independent judiciary committed to core constitutional rights, including reproductive rights.

As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, NOW’s purpose is to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.

On December 17, 2024, the Archivist of the United States, Dr. Colleen Shogan, and Deputy Archivist, William J. Bosanko, issued a public statement refusing to publish the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), following pleas in favor of publication of the ERA from Congress members and women’s rights activists, and over 100 years of collective advocacy.  The […]

PHOENIX — Arizona health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is in violation of the...

Inclusion. Education. Allyship. We provide interactive and engaging learning sessions, resources, programs, and more for allies committed to creating diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplaces and communities.

Fighting for the human rights of people in the sex trades

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Welcome to the new and improved SWOP-USA website! We're going through many changes as an organization and a digital overhaul is part of that. You'll find an entirely new resource section, our Chapter Hub site has moved here, and we'll also

Through artwork and performances, this pop-up exhibit asks visitors to listen to the voices of sex workers, and reflect on how society defines work.

Human Rights Watch has conducted research on sex work around the world, including in Cambodia, China, Tanzania, the United States, and most recently, South Africa. The research, including extensive consultations with sex workers and organizations that work on the issue, has shaped the Human Rights Watch policy on sex work: Human Rights Watch supports the full decriminalization of consensual adult sex work.

The Young Women’s Empowerment Project (YWEP) is a member based social justice organizing project that is led by and for young people of color who have current or former experience in the sex trade …

Covid-19 presents a new problem for sex workers. In-person sex work is intimate by its very nature, and workers are at heightened risk of contracting the virus if they keep working. But without work, as strip clubs close and clients dwindle, sex workers struggle to survive.

Sex workers all over the world face a constant risk of abuse. This is not news. Nor is it news that they are an extremely marginalized group of people, frequently forced to live outside the law. But when word got out that Amnesty International had initiated a consultation to develop a policy to protect the human rights of sex workers, it was like lighting a touch paper. Journalists and celebrities climbed on the band wagon. Ever-more sensational headlines condemned Amnesty International for advocating for “prostitution as a human right”.

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery. They are refused access to education and political participation, and some are trapped in conflicts where rape is perpetrated as a weapon of war. Around the world, deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth are needlessly high, and women are prevented from making deeply personal choices in their private lives. Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls on the ground.