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For over 30 years, the Center for Reproductive Rights has used the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world.

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From advocacy to action, we’re engaging at the 89th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR to advance reproductive rights, strengthen protections and keep SRHR on the regional agenda. Follow along for more from Dakar.
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What happens when age-of-consent laws become barriers to young people’s access to reproductive healthcare? At the 89th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR, RHNK, alongside partners, will host a discussion on reimagining age of consent to advance youth agency in Africa, featuring Martin Onyango, Associate Director for Africa Legal Strategies at CRR. 📅 9 October 2026 | 4:00–5:30 p.m. 📍 Pullman Dakar Teranga Hotel
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We’re in Dakar for the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), taking place from 12–21 October 2026. We’re joining the session to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights as fundamental human rights across the region.
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Please join us virtually or in person, the meeting is ongoing. reprorights.zoom.us/meeting/…
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You’re invited! As the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights gets underway, join us in Dakar for a stakeholder dialogue on the draft Guidelines addressing obstetric violence and promoting respectful maternal healthcare in Africa. The session will create space for stakeholders to engage with the draft, share perspectives and propose recommendations to strengthen the Guidelines. 📅 Friday, 9 October 2026 ⏰ 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. 📍 Axil Hotel, Dakar, Senegal 💻 Online participation available Register to participate: reprorights.zoom.us/meeting/…
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Globally, unsafe abortion remains a leading and preventable cause of maternal death and morbidity. Join this webinar this on Evidence to action: Protecting legislative progress for safe abortion in Africa’ as we explore how negative cultural, religious and political nuances and the growing anti-rights movement have impacted the progression of legislation and investments meant to offer guidelines on the provision of safe abortion and post abortion care services in health facilities. Date: Thursday, October 8 Time :3.00-4.30 pm EAT Register to join :us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Many of the abortion laws still enforced across Africa today were inherited from colonial legal systems. Long before these criminal laws were imposed, African societies had diverse ways of understanding and regulating pregnancy, abortion and reproductive decision-making. Colonial rule changed that landscape, embedding abortion within criminal law frameworks that many countries continue to live with today. Understanding that history matters when we talk about abortion law reform and what we call “African values.” #abortionishealthcare
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Today we had meaningful conversation on safe abortion, access and reproductive rights, bringing together health, legal and youth voices to reflect on the barriers women and girls face in accessing care. #isad #abortionishealthcare
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For many young people, lack of information can turn unsafe methods into their only perceived option. We need to take accurate reproductive health information and safe pathways to care into informal and marginalised communities. #isad #abortionishealthcare
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Today, we are joining fellow SRHR partners at a symposium bringing together health, legal and youth voices to unpack the realities of abortion access for women and girls in Kenya. The Center’s Senior Legal Adviser, Prudence Mutiso, will join the panel discussion, “Safe Abortion Is Life-Saving Healthcare,” bringing a legal and human rights perspective to the conversation on abortion access and the barriers that people face in accessing care.
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Okoko Felicitus, a gender and climate justice advocate, speaks about her experience with pregnancy. #NTVElevate
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa and the ECOSOC Working Group, alongside the Centre for Reproductive Rights, the Center for Human Rights and IPAS Africa Alliance, will hold a stakeholder engagement to review the draft Guidelines on the Elimination of Obstetric Violence and the Promotion of Respectful Maternal Healthcare in Africa. The engagement will take place during the commencement of the 89th Ordinary Session.  Stakeholders will have an opportunity to review the draft Guidelines and make recommendations to strengthen them. 📅 9 October 2026 ⏰ 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 📍 Dakar, Senegal Online participation available Registration link : forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Fd38…
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Everyone has a role to play!

From challenging misinformation to amplifying underrepresented voices and expanding access to comprehensive abortion care. #sep28
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ABORTION SAVES LIVES! #isad #abortionishealthcare
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Do you know what the abortion law says in your country? Across Africa, abortion laws vary widely—from access on request within gestational limits to highly restrictive laws. Swipe through to see where countries stand. Know the law. Know your rights. Check out the world abortion laws through the link : reproductiverights.org/maps/… #isad #sept28 #abortionishealthcare
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Abortion is essential healthcare. Abortion is a human right. Then, why do restrictive laws still push women and girls into unsafe care, create fear among healthcare providers and stand in the way of dignity, autonomy, health and equality? This International Safe Abortion Day, we call for laws that protect not criminalize. For abortion care that is safe, accessible and dignified. For reproductive autonomy without criminalization. For every woman and girl to exercise her rights without fear. The work continues. #sept28 #abortionishealthcare
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What happens when the right to safe abortion exists, but access does not? At just 13, AC (a minor) became pregnant after sexual violence. When she sought a safe abortion, she was denied care despite the risks the pregnancy posed to her health. She had to seek another opinion before finally receiving the care she needed. Her story is a reminder of what International Safe Abortion Day asks us to confront: a legal right means little if women and girls cannot actually access the care they need. We call for abortion care that is safe, accessible and free from barriers, stigma and discrimination. Because access cannot stop at the law. #isad #sep28
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