The High Court of Malawi has today ruled in favour of AC, a 13-year-old minor who became pregnant after sexual assault and was denied access to safe abortion care. The Center for Reproductive Rights joined the case as a friend of the court. During judgment, the judge…
Every year, about 6.2 million unsafe abortions occur in sub-Saharan Africa, leading to roughly 15,000 preventable deaths. These deaths are not inevitable—they result from restrictive laws that push abortion out of reach. The Center for Reproductive Rights works with partners…
Abortion is healthcare — not a crime. Restrictive laws don’t stop abortions; they only make them unsafe. Decriminalising abortion protects health, dignity, and human rights for all. #DecriminaliseAbortion #AbortionIsHealthcare 🔗 Learn more: reproductiverights.org/resources/abor…
Care work is valuable work, Yet millions of women across Kenya carry this invisible economy, unpaid, unprotected, and unrecognized. As Kenya moves to adopt a National Care Policy, we must centre care justice: ✅ Recognise ✅ Reduce ✅ Redistribute ✅ Reward ✅ Represent…
Over 31,000 teenage pregnancies are recorded in Uganda every month — that’s more than 1,000 cases every day. Now, lawmakers, with support from SHE SOARS Uganda, are pushing to end school bans on pregnant girls and create policies that help them return to class and complete their…
Thread Alert🚨 1/3 This week, we've been locked in for 4 days with @EduMinKenya @Zamara_fdn @NigeeKenya @superb_cbo @ReproRightsAFR and partners, under the #SHESOARS project, co-writing the School Re-entry Circular and awareness campaign Toolkit. Because change starts when…
Still reeling from the #StanchartMarathon we ran, we spoke up, and we stood strong for reproductive rights. #RunForReproductiveRights #ReproRights #StanchartMarathon2025 @timothy_thondu
Kenya’s Sexual Offences Act is under growing scrutiny as judges and activists call for reforms to stop criminalising consensual relationships between adolescents. Three teenagers have taken this fight to court challenging laws that have led to harsh sentences and lifelong…
In Civil Cause 162 of 2023, the High Court of Malawi ruled that denying AC — a survivor of sexual violence — access to abortion violated her rights under the Gender Equality Act and international law. As amicus curiae, we welcome this landmark ruling affirming that survivors…
🧵🧵 On 3 Oct 2025, the High Court declared paragraph 12 of clause 3.4.1 of the Reproductive Health Policy (2022–2032) unconstitutional. The clause had required health professionals to consider the “highest attainable standard of health of the unborn child” before offering safe…
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (@acerwc) is a powerful regional human rights mechanism for advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights for children and adolescents in Africa. It helps guide laws and policies and holds African governments…
The "Transforming harmful social norms & practices" Group proposes measures ranging from; ▪️mitigating the effects cultural and religious norms by speaking against the extremes ▪️social norm mapping, and ▪️use of faith centres to preach positive messaging. #EndSchoolExpulsions
As Rwanda begins implementing the new Medical Law No. 026/2025, legal practitioners are meeting in Kigali to examine its key reforms—from allowing minors aged 15+ to access sexual and reproductive health services, to regulating surrogacy and clarifying liability for health…
Happening now 🚨 🚨🚨 Legal experts are taking part in a two-day workshop on Rwanda’s new Medical Law No. 026/2025, organized by @Rwanda_Bar in partnership with @HDIRwanda . The sessions unpack key aspects such as patients’ rights, access to care for minors, contraceptives,…
Violet Zulu’s story highlights a systemic failure. She simply could not afford contraception. Access to contraception is not a privilege but a fundamental right. We cannot limit access to safe healthcare and then criminalize women for the consequences of that failure. Read more…
Martin Onyango, Associate Director, Africa Legal Strategies at the Center for Reproductive Rights, welcomed the Malawi High Court’s decision as a landmark moment for reproductive rights in Africa. He noted that the ruling sets a strong precedent for how courts across the…
Full ruling is available on Malawilii malawilii.org/akn/mw/judgmen…
The High Court of Malawi has today ruled in favour of AC, a 13-year-old minor who became pregnant after sexual assault and was denied access to safe abortion care. The Center for Reproductive Rights joined the case as a friend of the court. During judgment, the judge…
Malawi High Court rules that survivors of sexual violence have an automatic right to safe abortion services under Malawi’s law.
The High Court of Malawi has today ruled in favour of AC, a 13-year-old minor who became pregnant after sexual assault and was denied access to safe abortion care. The Center for Reproductive Rights joined the case as a friend of the court. During judgment, the judge…
A powerful day for reproductive rights in Africa. Timothy Thondu, Legal Advisor at the Center for Reproductive Rights, highlights how the Malawi High Court’s ruling reinforces protection for survivors of sexual violence — affirming their right to access abortion care to…
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