THE RIGHT TO VOLUNTARY MOTHERHOOD IN THE AMERICAS

Friday, October 14th, 2005
12pm-2pm
Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20016
Room TBD

All over the Americas, women suffer discrimination and abuse because of their reproductive capacity. Community members, spouses, parents, and health professionals use discrimination, violence, and abuse as means to limit women's ability to choose if, when, how, and with whom to become mothers. These abuses violate internationally recognized human rights, including women's rights to life, health, nondiscrimination, bodily integrity, privacy, liberty, religious freedom, and freedom from torture.  In this panel, lawyers with years of experience in the region will share the legal and practical implications of these violations.

Panelists will include:

Liliana Tojo, Center of Justice and International Law (CEJIL) Lilian Sepulveda-Oliva, International Program, Center for Reproductive Rights Marianne Mollmann, Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch Vasili Deliyanis, Vivo Positivo (Positive Life), Chile Martha Juarez, Grupo de Informacion en Reproduccion Elegida, GIRE (Group for Information on Voluntary Reproduction), Mexico

This event is sponsored by Human Rights Watch and the following offices of the Washington College of Law: Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; and the Women and International Law Program.

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