03 May 2021
Commitment title:
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF WOMEN PENALIZED FOR ABORTION AND COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDBIRTH
Commitment description:We in civil society will continue to fight to stop the persecution of women and girls and to decriminalize abortion
Mode of engagement:
- Change or creation of legislationImpulsar legislación para despenalizacr el aborto en 4 causales desde la sociedad civil
Commitment to be actioned in:
El Salvador
Submitted from:
El Salvador
Submitted by
Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto
Thematic area
Uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care in humanitarian and fragile contexts
Uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care in humanitarian and fragile contexts
Commitment category
(12) Ensuring that the basic humanitarian needs and rights of affected populations, especially that of girls and women, are addressed as critical components of responses to humanitarian and environmental crises, as well as fragile and post-crisis reconstruction contexts, through the provision of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, including access to safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and post-abortion care, to significantly reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, sexual and gender-based violence and unplanned pregnancies under these conditions.
