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New collaboration between the UN and OAS likely to increase abortion pressure in the Americas
The new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid of Jordan, and the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Tracy Robinson of Jamaica, signed a declaration that seeks to enhance cooperation in the area of human rights among the two human rights entities. ...MORE

UN Survey on Women Recommends Global Legalization of Abortion
UN Women--the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women--has released the World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2014: Gender Equality and Sustainable Development, including a recommendation for access to abortion. ...MORE

Remembering the War on Women and Girls in China
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the enforcement of China's brutal One-Child Policy, a policy which results in the loss of millions of unborn children and inflicts horrific abuse upon women. ...MORE

IPPF Paying NGOs to Pressure Governments to Include SRHR in Post 2015 Agenda
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is paying national civil society organizations, NGOs, to lobby governments to support inclusion of "sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)" in the new development agenda under negotiation at the United Nations. ...MORE