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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 34 stakeholder submission deadline
March 28 2019:
Italy, El Salvador, Gambia, Bolivia, Fiji, San Marino, Kazakhstan, Angola, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Madagascar, Iraq, Slovenia, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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- 2018 Oct 02Did you miss it? Here's what happened at HRC 39!The 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place September 10-28, 2018. Below you will find information on some of the key sexual rights related [...]
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The @UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health will visit Canada this month! Read the #mediaadvisory on our website! actioncanadashr.org/media-adv…
You can also watch the adoption of the reports online ➡️
Go to webtv.un.org/meetings-event… for #Mexico, to webtv.un.org/meetings-event… for #Nigeria, and webtv.un.org/meetings-event… for #Senegal. #UPR31 #UPR #SRHR @musasdemetal @CALAdvocacy @rhrn_youthsrhrRead the report of #Mexico's #UPR review at extranet.ohchr.org/sites/upr/… #UPR31 #SRHR @musasdemetal @AkahataOrg
Mexico received 264 recommendations, including on #SRHR such as access to safe & legal #abortion (from Denmark, Georgia, Slovenia, France, Albania, New Zealand and Iceland) and sexual orientation & gender identity (from Colombia, Honduras, Iceland and Australia). #UPR31 #UPR
You can read the report of #Nigeria's #UPR at extranet.ohchr.org/sites/upr/… #UPR31 #SRHR
Nigeria received 290 #UPR recommendations, and deferred its decision on all. #SRHR issues addressed include sexual orientation & gender identity, sexual & reproductive rights of women & girls, particularly those affected by armed conflict, and maternal & child mortality. #UPR31
#Senegal noted recommendations on other #SRHR themes: sexual orientation & gender identity, safe & legal abortion, and marital rape. Read the whole report here: extranet.ohchr.org/sites/upr/… #UPR31
... The training of health personnel working with youth & adolescents and on sexual & reproductive health (Iceland), and the alignment of legislation with the Maputo Protocol (Canada). #SRHR #UPR31 #Senegal @rhrn_youthsrhr
Accepted recommendations for Senegal address the realization of #SRHR (Australia), #SRHR education and access to services for young people & adolescents (Austria), the adoption of a comprehensive sexual & reproductive health policy for adolescents (Botswana)...
Let's start with #Senegal, who received 7 advanced questions & 256 recommendations. Of the recommendations received, Senegal accepted 256 and noted 28.
A recap thread of #SRHR recommendations at #UPR31, for which we had joint submissions with @rhrn_youthsrhr (#Senegal), @musasdemetal (#Mexico), Queer Alliance Nigeria, @CALAdvocacy & Women Action for Gender Equality (#Nigeria). Read the submissions here: sexualrightsinitiative.com/un…
Today in exciting #ThursdayThoughts, we are happy to announce CREA's upcoming global #ReConference2019! More program and registration details coming soon but till then #SaveTheDate 10-12 April, 2019.
#reThink #reImagine #reBoot pic.twitter.com/f6lpv1nUgrUS wants to remove 'gender' from #UN human rights documents and replace it with ''women'' to erase #trans people #transrightsarehumanrights
theguardian.com/world/2018/oc…The Center's Katrine Thomasen and Adriana Lamačková are leading a workshop in Brussels today to address the medically unnecessary abortion restrictions throughout Europe that threaten women's access to safe and affordable reproductive care. #EuroNGOs2018 #ActOnHope
Main takeaways from youth-led pre-conference at #EuroNGOs2018
@CHOICEforYouth @YouthDeliver @youth_coalition @grupaponton twitter.com/ASTRANetwork/s…
Law and Policy Database
The national sexual rights law and policy database is a one-stop-shop for sexual rights related Constitutions, laws and policies.
UPR Toolkit
This practical toolkit for sexual rights advocates is available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.
UPR Database
The SRI's UPR Database includes all sexual rights recommendations and references and is now open access.
CREA
Together with partners from a diverse range of human rights movements and networks, CREA works to advance the rights of women and girls, and the sexual and reproductive freedoms of all people.
