Centers for Change: Drop-In Centers Facilitate Sex Worker-Led Human Rights Advocacy
February 2012
Drop-in centers are often the only places where sex workers can access health care, legal counseling, and other social services. These centers also play a key role in mobilizing activism by sex workers to change the laws, policies, and practices that violate their human rights.
A Community for All: Implementing Article 19
The Community for All guide and checklist offers a detailed look at the rights identified in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, especially Article 19 which provides for the right to live independently and be included in the community.
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Sterilization of Women and Girls with Disabilities
November 2011
This briefing paper produced as part of the Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care outlines various international human rights standards that prohibit forced sterilization of women and girls with disabilities. It also offers several recommendations for improving laws, policies, and professional guidelines governing sterilization practices.
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