ABORTION LAW

FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE EU PUSHES WOMEN TOWARDS UNSAFE ABORTIONS

Worldwide restrictive abortion laws continue to lead to unsafe abortions and women die as a consequence. Within the EU, there are still countries in which the termination of a pregnancy is still an illegal act. Indeed, on average 16 women travel daily from Ireland to England in order to receive a safe abortion. Meanwhile every year around 200, 000 illegal abortions take place in Poland. Together with pro-choice activists from Poland and Ireland, the ECCHR has been discussing strategies for taking further steps on the international and European level against the devastating consequences of restrictive women's health policies. For this purpose, the Program Director for the Gender and Human Rights department has provided a legal overview of the European and international institutions and their judicial policies in relation to women's reproductive health laws.

NO MORE FEMINICIDES!

ECCHR-PARTICIPATION ON A CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS ON FEMINICIDES IN CENTRAL AMERICA

On the occasion of the international day for the abolition of violence against women on 25 November, a conference "Ni una muerta mas - Balance y Perspectivas" (No more violence against women: State of play and perspectives) took place in Brussels on 19 November 2009. The conference was also attended by Anna von Gall, ECCHR's future program director for Gender and Human Rights. The aim of the conference was to provide an overview of activities in the past years and develop further steps and a concrete strategy for putting the subject on the agenda of the upcoming EU-Latin-America/Carribean summit.