Although sexual and reproductive health and rights ("SRHR") are essential to gender equality, millions of women and girls around the world still lack legal protections for these fundamental rights.
The Center is taking proactive measures to educate and empower the next generation of global litigators and advocates through meaningful discourse and strong partnerships with organizations in countries across the globe. Keep reading to see how!
On Wednesday, January 26, Enid Muthoni, Senior Vice President of our Global Legal Program, will moderate the virtual panel discussion, "Using Litigation to Accelerate the Protection of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Across the Globe." The event brings together global experts to discuss the impact of strategic litigation before international and regional bodies—and the ways in which the Center's own litigation has served as a tool for fostering accountability and progress at the national level. We hope you'll join us for this critical discussion!
In partnership with the Forum for Women, Law and Development, the Center hosted a one-day, national-level workshop for student activists in Nepal aimed at strengthening the capacity of young leaders to advance legal protections for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The hands-on event brought together activists from legal, medical, and social studies backgrounds as key actors in the fight to defend SRHR in the region.
The Center has been working to advance reproductive rights in India for more than a decade. Now, we’ve partnered with Jindal Global Law School, one of the top law schools in India, to provide a reproductive law and justice clinic to undergraduate students in a one year pilot program. This exciting initiative provides unique insight into the impact that legal advocacy can have on human rights.
"Legal advocacy is such an important tool in advancing SRHR in the region. The Center is pleased to play a part in this important program in training a new generation of advocates."
