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Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives – South Asia
The Center for Reproductive Rights’ report, Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives – South Asia, is the first extensive study of laws and policies that influence women’s reproductive health in five countries in the region – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It offers advocates and policymakers a broad view of the laws and policies that determine women’s reproductive choices in these countries, to enable legal and policy reform and the implementation of norms needed to improve women’s health and lives.
South Asia has some of the world’s highest rates of unplanned pregnancies, maternal deaths, unsafe abortions, child marriages, and sexual trafficking and violence. Rates of HIV infection among South Asian women are soaring. Although governments have tried to address these problems by providing reproductive health-care services, they have failed to focus on the social and legal barriers that jeopardize women’s health and lives. Existing laws and policies undermine civil society’s efforts to empower women and ensure their reproductive autonomy.
Speakers:
Nafis Sadik, M.D., Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
Melissa Upreti, Legal Adviser for Asia, Center for Reproductive Rights
Katherine Hall-Martinez, Director, International Legal Program, Center for Reproductive Rights (moderator)
Date: 05/11/2004
Location: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York City
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: $7 Students w/ ID $10 Member/NGO $15 Nonmember
Contact: 212-517-ASIA
Email: boxo@asiasoc.org
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