{"id":5868,"date":"2015-03-12T08:31:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T06:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2015-03-12T08:43:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T06:43:00","slug":"hands-off-our-bodies-new-manifesto-calls-on-states-to-end-attempts-to-control-womens-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2015\/03\/hands-off-our-bodies-new-manifesto-calls-on-states-to-end-attempts-to-control-womens-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hands off our bodies\u2019: new manifesto calls on states to end attempts to control women\u2019s lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"amnesty<\/a><\/p>\n

Amnesty International has launched a new manifesto demanding that governments around the world end their attempts to control and criminalize women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sexuality and choices.<\/p>\n

The My Body My Rights manifesto<\/em><\/a>\u00a0calls on states to remove barriers to sexual and reproductive health services, education and information by ending discriminatory laws and practices.<\/p>\n

Timed to coincide with International Women\u2019s Day the manifesto sets out the rights that all women and girls have over their bodies. Despite advancements made since the signing of a landmark global agreement on gender equality in Beijing two decades ago, a backlash has resulted in women and girls around the world being stripped of their sexual and reproductive rights.<\/p>\n

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“Despite the fact that dozens of states have banned forced marriage and female genital mutilation over the last 20 years, the practice remains widespread.”\u00a0Jessie Macneil-Brown, My Body My Rights Campaign Manager at Amnesty International.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cSerious violations of women\u2019s and girl\u2019s sexual and reproductive rights are a major problem. In some countries abortion is still completely banned and women are jailed for even being suspected of having had an abortion or for having a miscarriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The manifesto, launched as part of Amnesty International\u2019s global My Body My Rights campaign, calls on states to:<\/p>\n

\u2022 abolish laws that criminalize the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights;<\/p>\n

\u2022 release all women and girls who have been imprisoned in relation to undergoing abortions or for having miscarriages and those who have assisted them;<\/p>\n

\u2022 guarantee access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services;<\/p>\n

\u2022 guarantee access to non-biased and evidence-based sexuality education and programmes both in and out of schools;<\/p>\n

\u2022 prevent and respond to all forms of gender-based violence, especially against women and girls;<\/p>\n

\u2022 ensure all people have a meaningful say in the law and policies that have an impact on their bodies and their lives;<\/p>\n

\u2022 ensure that everyone has access to affordable and effective justice remedies when their sexual and reproductive rights have been violated.<\/p>\n

\u201cStates and others must end attempts to control the choices of women and girls. The right to make informed decisions about our sexual and reproductive health is a human right, and must be guaranteed rather than undermined and criminalized,\u201d said Jessie Macneil-Brown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis manifesto calls on all people to stand in solidarity and to demand that these rights are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the full manifesto\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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