Reproductive Rights are Human Rights – Handbook
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Table of Contents
Background
The purpose of this handbook is to provide national human rights institutes with guidelines and tools on how to integrate reproductive rights into their work. With a focus on people’s rights, this toolkit provides an overview of reproductive rights and where national human rights institutes can play a role in promoting them.
Key Facts
- There were an estimated 287,000 maternal deaths globally in 2010
- Over 200 million women are estimated to experience life-threatening complications in connection with pregnancy
- There are an estimated 80 million unwanted or unintended pregnancies each year
Overview
- Chapter 1 – Promoting the Reproductive Rights Agenda – an overview of the meaning of sexual and reproductive health together with a summary of the main global commitments
- Chapter 2 – The National Human Rights Institution Mandate – how NHRIs can advance reproductive rights under their mandate
- Chapter 3 – Promoting a Human Rights-Based Approach to Reproductive Health – how a human rights-based approach can be utilized for the advancement of reproductive rights
- Chapter 4 – Reproductive Rights and Human Rights Standards and Principles – the normative human rights basis for what is understood as reproductive rights
See also
Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health around the World
References
Reproductive Rights are Human rights: A hand book for National Human rights Institutions