Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Articles

“Because I would have to be sterilized”

Published: 26 November 2018

Across Europe, trans people are denied their right to have their gender recognized, unless they fulfill invasive requirements. Human rights bodies have clearly affirmed: this is a violation of trans people’s human rights.

By Dodo Karsay

The Yogyakarta Principles +10

Published: 26 November 2018

Reflection

International human rights law and the rights of trans people. The Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 reflects on how international law has evolved in this area.

By Dodo Karsay

Reproductive rights in Brazil from Beijing to present day: are we going forward or backward?

Published: 21 May 2015

In Brazil, despite symbolic political actions, commitment still has not moved beyond words concerning women's reporductive rights. HBS interviews Guacira de Oliveira, from CFEMEA – Feminist Center for Studies and Counseling, a Brazilian feminist organization

By Naiara Azevedo

Publications

Cover des Magazins "ideas verdes": Auf dem Bild eine Wand mit Graffity

Causa Justa: A Movement for Reproductive Freedom and Autonomy

Published: 31 July 2024

Colombia emerges as a leader in advances regarding the right to abortion in Latin America. This historic achievement is the result of the Causa Justa (Just Cause) movement. In this magazine, members of Causa Justa share strategies, achievements, and lessons learned.

Reproductive Justice

Published: 31 August 2023

Self-determined decisions about one's own body and family planning are often influenced by laws and prevailing norms that act like barriers. This publication is an attempt to make hidden injustice visible and to fought against it. So that reproductive justice can become a reality for all.

Abortion: From criminalisation to the right to self-determination

Published: 7 March 2022

Factsheet

Abortion is one of the most common gynecological procedures. Legal regulations have a major impact on whether access to this essential healthcare service is safe, legal and free of charge.

Population policy: Between self-determined family planning and selective birth control

Published: 7 March 2022

Factsheet

Almost 8 billion people will live on earth in 2021. While in the Global North people are encouraged to have children, in the Global South programmes of so-called development aid tend to aim at reducing the birth rate.

Contraception: Between self-determined family planning and forced contraception

Published: 3 March 2022

Factsheet

Contraception is a powerful tool of self-determination and population control. But access to contraception varies around the world and is influenced by economic, social, and cultural factors.

Abortion worldwide: From criminalisation to the right to self-determination

Published: 23 June 2021

Factsheet

About half the people in the world have the capacity to become pregnant. Yet there is still no contraceptive that is 100 percent effective. This means half of all people are potentially at risk of getting pregnant unintentionally.

Perspectivas Lateinamerika: Eine Frage des Geschlechts

Published: 12 May 2020

Lateinamerika hat in Bezug auf Geschlechtergerechtigkeit viel erreicht. Doch Benachteiligung und Ungleichheit zwischen den Geschlechtern sind noch lange nicht beseitigt. Hinzu kommen neue Problembereiche wie Frauenhandel und Organisierte Kriminalität. In der zweiten Ausgabe der perspectivas Lateinamerika lassen wir Autorinnen und Autoren aus unterschiedlichen Regionen zu Wort kommen.

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Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Articles

“Because I would have to be sterilized”

The Yogyakarta Principles +10

Reproductive rights in Brazil from Beijing to present day: are we going forward or backward?

Publications

Causa Justa: A Movement for Reproductive Freedom and Autonomy

Reproductive Justice

Abortion: From criminalisation to the right to self-determination

Population policy: Between self-determined family planning and selective birth control

Contraception: Between self-determined family planning and forced contraception

Abortion worldwide: From criminalisation to the right to self-determination

Perspectivas Lateinamerika: Eine Frage des Geschlechts

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