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<p class="MsoNormal">WGNRR – Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/&c=E,1,FUQPGKyi4vP70lEgfet09y7zqU7Tz3lNoN9wfZmyDYQWhgmN0RDs-cRJAKqv63BLG16eTusqD_2oXMsyL-CU8ixZnRexISxzih1nxen-Ig,,&typo=1"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">International
Day of Action for Women's Health - May 28</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333">Our Health, Our Rights, Our Lives!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Women's Health Matters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#D20462"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white">May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, which for over 30 years, women’s* rights advocates
and allies in the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) movement worldwide have commemorated in diverse ways. Year after year, women, girls, advocates and allies have continued to take action and stand up for sexual and reproductive rights for what
they are: an indivisible and inalienable part of our human rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;background:#D20462"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white">Now, at a time when women’s human rights, and particularly sexual and reproductive rights continue to be systematically
violated worldwide, mobilization both within and beyond our communities remains essential, in order to resist any rollback on our rights and advance sexual and reproductive justice for all. As the global geo-political context threatens to become increasingly
regressive, it is more important than ever to denounce any attempts at curtailing women’s rights, including our human rights to decide freely upon all aspects of our bodies, our sexualities, and our lives, free from coercion, discrimination and violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:9.95pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333">About the Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333">Examples of Institutional Violence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/the-denial-of-the-right-to-access-safe-and-legal-abortion-service/&c=E,1,sXJowlmlGcT_-D185sE54IAtIPftA3E5IHp3br_oeRYo4y83JpyLS3VvYV3iGLPprJhRPPGADPNyizn3H0pjbdVBstP5gke3LuR_wQ0Qio5PEDNo8auy-gg1&typo=1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="321" height="321" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01D2D7AB.15C4BC80" alt="Denial of abortion"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/the-denial-of-the-right-to-access-safe-and-legal-abortion-service/&c=E,1,0_C3YRyet09z113epUyuStdj5QdKDxJkmTLXQvZpDETNg7SxiCFb9C8UTh5nJg3PMwn47UxE6tXfNHF0UXhLibiPJzmyrCUqGKaqUso,&typo=1"><span style="color:blue">The
denial of the right to access safe and legal abortion services</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The systemic denial of women’s right to access safe and legal abortion services, and/or the criminalization of abortion is one of the most severe examples of institutional violence in regards
of sexual and reproductive health and rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/forced-or-coerced-sterilizations/&c=E,1,88Y_IYnD8ryvC_h65qwUDZ5i5u4Tp4-Yob8ty-oNKPtT41Jm1K_DQrcAqAJl_nXbNG1rkqWU5L-TZwl1SJXGMXc6-sBzf6yjCSp-VwBbtCFLVlE,&typo=1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="321" height="321" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image005.png@01D2D7AB.15C4BC80" alt="Forced sterilization"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/forced-or-coerced-sterilizations/&c=E,1,ORYz0uJ4Au_l9_iwg11O6CbwYve1N9uIYZRswJAXrBm3h5owCjhz6J9zY_RljJnpK3DKsE5h9gaBV0Ya--vgipu1e4mRSgv3OftcRKym63v4WVnXsPiPuHQ,&typo=1"><span style="color:blue">Forced
or coerced sterilizations</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Forced and coerced sterilizations are grave violations of human rights and medical ethics and constitute acts of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, as recognized by Human Rights
Bodies. Nevertheless, women across the globe have been forced or coerced by medical personnel to submit to permanent and irreversible sterilization procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/obstetric-violence/&c=E,1,O8P-Yh06M1aBPoqR-c6qqIwupsE7WKx59hbK4qGSK92vbvm2yPMBvVSllGQ3uNGO_DABBlhtQokw7VyMUCkLzd8e4wMWi5Ey8h1nKzA,&typo=1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="321" height="321" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image007.png@01D2D7AB.15C4BC80" alt="2"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/obstetric-violence/&c=E,1,SN-dmQtDkmzLWiKHuqJwdBwUpbPC7_yIQivNWCHyqs2rrpCcQyUDpIYGvksyPspvpW_2lwtMoVM1IO6uqO-42xOilsWTh7vMhYL6NpiUhXhIEr4HqQ,,&typo=1"><span style="color:blue">Obstetric
violence</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Obstetric violence is a specific type of violation of women’s rights, including the rights to equality, freedom from discrimination, information, integrity, health, and reproductive autonomy.
It occurs both in public and private medical practice during health care related to pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum and is a multi-factorial context of institutional and gender violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/the-denial-of-access-to-contraceptives-including-emergency-contraception/&c=E,1,VCTIpdg0Jehywo3zfb-3nxqZU13pcnyeofURHL6XHGSFoIaJE9DMZVLhhktm1YDfarRnU3Xis42C8raVx4BcwKDvsTezXMgcIAXW1lbbcO1mvGMr&typo=1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="321" height="321" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image009.png@01D2D7AB.15C4BC80" alt="Denial of contraceptives"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.may28.org/the-denial-of-access-to-contraceptives-including-emergency-contraception/&c=E,1,4-kij0z5cMiIVmI4XSHdVpxQyD_fp7-YaDorfub7QRPGuFpJfXWOGIeJw6EYhROEJsDVpvoQkst3WXgNbKMfnDdGue1-NntQxzu8AKTCxKPDhwS92c7IIhY,&typo=1"><span style="color:blue">The
denial of access to contraceptives including emergency contraception</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Restrictions on access to contraceptives and abortion threaten women’s fundamental human rights to life, health and equality. Every woman has the right to decide when and if she wants to have
a child. Denied access to contraception, emergency contraception and safe abortion services is a solid example of institutional violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May 28th, International Day of Action for Women’s Health is being coordinated by the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, which for over 30 years, women’s* rights advocates and allies in the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) movement worldwide
have commemorated in diverse ways. Year after year, women, girls, advocates and allies have continued to take action and stand up for sexual and reproductive rights for what they are: an indivisible and inalienable part of our human rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Now, at a time when women’s human rights, and particularly sexual and reproductive rights continue to be systematically violated worldwide, mobilisation both within and beyond our communities
remains essential, in order to resist any rollback on our rights and advance sexual and reproductive justice for all. As the global geo-political context threatens to become increasingly regressive, it is more important than ever to denounce any attempts at
curtailing women’s rights, including our human rights to decide freely upon all aspects of our bodies, our sexualities, and our lives, free from coercion, discrimination and violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This International Day of Action for Women’s Health, we at WGNRR invite our fierce members, partners, and allies worldwide to Mobilise, Speak Out, and Take Action – let’s stand together, voice
our resistance, and remind world leaders that Women’s Health Matters!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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