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African Union: South Sudan conflict lays bare regional failures
As a renewal of violence in South Sudan threatens to plunge the country back into full-scale civil war, Amnesty International has published a list of seven recommendations for the African…
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Scandalous proposal to increase jail terms for women accused of abortion in El Salvador
A new proposal by a group of parliamentarians from opposition party ARENA in El Salvador to increase jail terms for women accused of having an abortion to up to 50…
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From Rhetoric to Action: Recommendations to the African Union
As a renewal of violence in South Sudan threatens to plunge the country back into full-scale civil war, Amnesty International has published a list of seven recommendations for the African…
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President Obama, Stand with Women and Girls Raped in Conflict
[caption id="attachment_55941" align="alignleft" width="3529"] FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Globally, up to one out of every three women will experience physical and/or sexual violence in her lifetime. Gender-based violence (GBV)—which includes sexual…
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Groundbreaking UN decision rules Ireland’s ban on abortion violates human rights
The UN Human Rights Committee’s ground-breaking decision that Ireland’s law prohibiting and criminalizing abortion violated the human rights of a woman who had a diagnosis of fatal fetal impairment will…
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Salvadoran Authorities Want to Send Maria Teresa Back to Jail
Maria Teresa Rivera's recent release from prison was a major victory for women's rights in El Salvador. Nonetheless, the nation's Attorney General has said he intends to appeal the decision…
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El Salvador – Maria Teresa thanks supporters after release from jail
On 20 May 2016, Maria Teresa Rivera was finally freed from prison in El Salvador after a judge dismissed the charges against her. In 2011, she had been given a…
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Worldwide Activism Brings Justice for Maria Teresa Rivera!
On Friday, May 20, a Salvadoran Court held a resentencing hearing for Maria Teresa Rivera, a woman who was serving a 40-year prison term for allegedly killing her newborn child.
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El Salvador releases woman jailed after miscarriage, a victory for human rights
A court's decision today to release a woman who spent four years in jail in El Salvador for miscarrying her pregnancy is a great victory for human rights, said Amnesty…
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Jailed in El Salvador after losing their pregnancies
For many of us around the world, Mother’s Day falls on May 8th this year, which also marks Teodora’s 36th birthday. Teodora has spent eight years in prison, and will…
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Sentenced to Eight Years in Jail for a Miscarriage
A 27-year-old woman, known as Belén to protect her identity, has spent the past two years in pre-trial detention accused of self-inducting a miscarriage. After the accusations, Belén was arrested…
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Let’s celebrate Ireland’s people for demanding what’s right for women
St Patrick’s Day is when we celebrate all that is great about Ireland – we can now add the Irish public’s support for wider access to abortion.