10th أغسطس 2017

Paraguay – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee against Torture – 61st Session, July 2017

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The submission details our concern about human rights violations faced by girls in Paraguay, focusing in particular on the high number of girls in Paraguay who are forced to become mothers as a consequence of rape or incest after being denied access to legal abortion services.

The Committee referenced this submission in their Concluding Observations.

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Paraguay – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee against Torture – 61st Session, July 2017

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Mexico: CESCR submission on women’s and girls’ economic, social and cultural rights

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Paraguay – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee against Torture – 61st Session, July 2017

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Mexico: CESCR submission on women’s and girls’ economic, social and cultural rights

Republic of Moldova: Submission to the CEDAW Committee on gender-based violence against women and girls

Kazakhstan: Joint submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 93rd Session, on gender-based violence against women and girls

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