Würzburg, Germany
The choice to have a child or not, wow, this is something that's highly sensitive in African households,often treated as an obligation to have kids, there's need to really sensitize people on this, so many childless people who choose not to have children are victimized, and there's a lot of stigma around it yet it's a right.
July 6, 2022, 6:36 p.m.
TwoCents
Jul 01, 2022 13:15p.m.
What are Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights.
Nimwesiga Seth
Lawyer @ Center for Health, Human Rights and Development
Kampala, Uganda
Simply put SRHR is a subset of the Right to Health. SRHR include freedom from sexual violence, maternal health care, the freedom to choose a sexual partner, whether or not to have children, and reproductive health care, among others. <div>Important to note is that International Human Rights law recognizes SRHR in the CEDAW(Article 16, etc, Maputo Protocol (especially in Article 14), CESCR General Comment 14, just to mention but a few.</div>
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