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The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) is a coalition of organizations from Canada, Poland, India, Egypt, Argentina and South Africa, that work together to advance human rights related to sexuality at the United Nations.
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UPR 30 stakeholder submission deadline
5 October 2017:
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Germany, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, and Uzbekistan.
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- 2017 Sep 22Joint Statement on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion GloballyHRC36: General Debate Item 8 25 September 2017 Joint statement on behalf of Action Canada for Population and Development; Federation for Women and Family Planning; Center for [...]
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Joint Statement on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion Globally sexualrightsinitiative.com/20… #HRC36 #Sept28 #iResistWePersist #ProChoice #SRHR
We Persist! #HRC36 Panel on access to Safe+Legal abortion Sept 26 sexualrightsinitiative.com/20… #IResistWePersist #prochoice #SRHR #HumanRights pic.twitter.com/7crKin3lxV
Slight change in time to our #HRC36 Abortion Rights Panel on Sept26: sexualrightsinitiative.com/20… #IResistWePersist #SRHR #prochoice pic.twitter.com/Q5jUmPg9ku
Read NGO stmt on #UPR27 of Poland by @federapl bit.ly/2xyWt4j and @SexualRights bit.ly/2yuQXgS #SRHR
.@action_canada notes that "education in #Netherlands is not in line w education on sexuality by the @UNESCO guidelines" #UPR27 #HRC36
.@action_canada disappointed that recs on criminalisation of marital rape were not supported #UPR3India #UPR27 #HRC36
SRI partner @ThinkCREA delivering statement w/ @Alliance4Choice at UK UPR on criminalization of abortion in Northern Ireland. #UPR27
.@action_canada expresses concern over "lack of safe and legal abortion in #NorthernIreland" #UK #UPR27 #HRC36
We added our voice to the joint statement calling for #AbortionRights for all women! sexualrightsinitiative.com/20… with @SexualRights
SRI partner @AkahataOrg delivering a statement this morning on Ecuador #UPR27 #HRC36.
Action Alert: Support Russian activist Evdokia Romanova charged w “homosexual propaganda”. Read more & sign! ow.ly/WErV30fbFPY
URGENT action: send a letter of support for #LGBT activist Evdokia Romanova facing unjust charges in #Russia! amnestyusa.org/urgent-actions… #HRD pic.twitter.com/g3CFcSOr6e
Add your organization to the list of org’s who support abortion rights globally! bit.ly/2fowG4V #HRC36 #SRHR #IResistWePersist
The UN Human Rights Council is on now! Here's what we've had to say so far: sexualrightsinitiative.com/20… #HRC36 #HumanRights #SRHR #HRC pic.twitter.com/hs2oNh4VMz
@CIVICUSalliance @SexualRights @SexualRights highlight denial of safe abortion, mistreatment of migrants, denial of services to youth, violence against sex workers #HRC36
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Akahata
Akatatá works to advance, promote and defend LGBT and sexual rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.