UPR 29 stakeholder submission deadline
29 June 2017:
Bahamas, Barbadoes, Botswana, Burundi, France, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mali, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tonga, and Uzbekistan.
Christian Right actors cite unsound research suggesting abortion causes psychological, sexual, physical side effects bit.ly/KeyDiscourses
New report maps complex & evolving anti-rights lobby at the UN, organizing around shared goals: bit.ly/OURsReport #RightsAreUniversal
#RightsAreUniversal but regressive actors are using language of universality to subvert its principles bit.ly/KeyDiscourses #RightsAtRisk
Anti-rights actors are attempting to infiltrate & subvert standards & discourses developed by #WHRDs: bit.ly/KeyDiscourses #RightsAtRisk
#RightsAreUniversal because of our shared human dignity. Anti-rights actors are co-opting that concept bit.ly/KeyDiscourses #RightsAtRisk
Anti-rights actors employ creative discourses to undermine the core concept that #RightsAreUniversal bit.ly/OURsReport #RightsAtRisk
High-Level Working Group warns there is an erosion of & in some cases backlash against human rights worldwide - via @WHO #SRHR #HumanRights
Sexual rights recommendations accepted, rejected and deferred at #UPR27 sexualrightsinitiative.com/20… #SRHR #HumanRights #HRC
Pregnancy problems are leading global killer of girls aged 15 to 19 via @guardian bit.ly/2qNGdK6 #maternalmortality #SRHR
We are not doing enough to reach young people - sex workers, younger #adolescents, says Mtisunge from #Malawi #SRHR #SDGs #GlobalYouth2017
Join out tweetchat addressing abortion stigma at 3:00 PM (IST) tomorrow. We look forward to seeing you there! #AbortTheStigma pic.twitter.com/6kQgp9G0nw
#UPR27 #humanrights review of #Poland concludes. Report of #UPR WG w/ recommendations made today to be adopted on Thurs, 11 May
#Belgium recs Poland to recognize violence based on #sexualorientation and #genderidentity as #hatecrime #UPR27 #upr2017pl
At the same the Polish Minister of Health wishes to limit access to #emergencycontraception twitter.com/The_Advocates/…
This is indeed true yet this in not the practice - hospitals and doctors do not refer women to any other legal abortion providers twitter.com/The_Advocates/…
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Christian Right actors cite unsound research suggesting abortion causes psychological, sexual, physical side effects bit.ly/KeyDiscourses
New report maps complex & evolving anti-rights lobby at the UN, organizing around shared goals: bit.ly/OURsReport #RightsAreUniversal
#RightsAreUniversal but regressive actors are using language of universality to subvert its principles bit.ly/KeyDiscourses #RightsAtRisk
Anti-rights actors are attempting to infiltrate & subvert standards & discourses developed by #WHRDs: bit.ly/KeyDiscourses #RightsAtRisk
#RightsAreUniversal because of our shared human dignity. Anti-rights actors are co-opting that concept bit.ly/KeyDiscourses #RightsAtRisk
Anti-rights actors employ creative discourses to undermine the core concept that #RightsAreUniversal bit.ly/OURsReport #RightsAtRisk
Sexual rights recommendations accepted, rejected and deferred at #UPR27 sexualrightsinitiative.com/20… #SRHR #HumanRights #HRC
Call for Applications - UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP… #womensrights #SRHR
Sexuality Education in Kenya: New Evidence from Three Counties guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/sex… #SexEd #SRHR #HumanRights #YouthRights @Guttmacher
Consulta respecto al impacto del fundamentalismo/extremismo en el disfrute de los derechos culturales de las mujeres ohchr.org/SP/Issues/Cult…
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