Dorothy Shaw: promoting women's sexual and reproductive rights

The Lancet ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 366 (9489) ◽  
pp. 887
Author(s):  
Angela Pirisi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Rights

scholarly journals Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women: A Rights-based Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Shaorin Tanira ◽  
Raihana Amin ◽  
Sanchita Adhikary ◽  
Khadiza Sultana ◽  
Rashida Khatun
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Rights

Violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are frequent all over the world. Women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights. The term ‘rights-based’ has become increasingly linked to the concept of a more comprehensive approach to sexual and reproductive rights of women around the globe. The rights-based perspective is derived from the treaties, pacts and other international commitments that recognize and reinforce human rights, including the sexual and reproductive rights of women. We conducted an extensive review of the guidelines, frameworks, research reports and published articles that have been cited as informing the rights-based approach. The findings of the review highlights what is meant by sexual and reproductive health and rights by the stakeholders, why this matter is important, and what can be done. It demands more partnerships with human rights, women’s and other civil society organizations, increased number of successful national policies, initiatives and/or legislative changes, increased budget and other resources at national and/or local community level, mass communication and engagement of men to promote and advance women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. Achievement of gender equality is very crucial, because it is a human right that advances women’s empowerment; and is interlinked with sexual and reproductive health and rights.

scholarly journals Remarks by Sinara Gumieri

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 90-91
Author(s):  
Sinara Gumieri
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Expressive Function ◽  
Central Aspect ◽  
Penal State ◽  
Penal Law ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Rights

The organizations I work with share a critical perspective toward the use of criminalization even as a response to violations of sexual and reproductive rights. This critical perspective holds, even as we operate in a field, and in political contexts, where the symbolic or expressive function of criminal law is often seen as a central aspect of its role in protecting rights, particularly for women. We have come to this critical perspective through reflection and experience: we see the practice of feminists resorting so often and so strongly to calling for criminalization and more severe penalties for gender-based violations, despite discouraging evidence of the impact of penal law. From this, we conclude that through our invocations to the penal state, we may be losing sight of our work to call out the state's responsibilities to address the root causes of the violations we seek to prevent and address.

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