Reproductive Rights
At least 125 countries have highly restrictive abortion laws, including some with outright bans with no exceptions. These laws and the restrictions on abortion services they come with seriously endanger women and girls. Beyond the clear risks to their health and well being, we have seen women charged with abortion when they have miscarriages. Women have also had abortion laws used against them in politically motivated cases.
CFJ participated in a landmark case before the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights to challenge Tanzania’s policy of expelling and banning married and pregnant girls from school. This policy impacts more than 1 in 4 Tanzanian girls who are either pregnant or married before the age of 18. After the case was initiated the government announced a reversal of...
Tanzania: Giving Married and Pregnant Girls the Right to Education
CFJ participated in a landmark case before the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights to challenge Tanzania’s policy of expelling and banning married and pregnant girls from school. This policy impacts more than 1 in 4 Tanzanian girls who are either pregnant or married before the age of 18. After the case was initiated the government announced a reversal of this discriminatory policy in a major U-turn that will benefit a quarter of the population of adolescent girls in the country.
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Venezuela v. Vannesa Rosales
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Abortion in Brazil: Substantive and Procedural Flaws in the Criminalization of Women
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Aborto no Brasil: Falhas Substantivas e Processuais na Criminalização de Mulheres
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Morocco v. Hajar Raissouni et al.
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El Salvador: The Case Against Evelyn Hernandez
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El Salvador: The Case Against Diana
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