{"title":"Settlement for Peru women's rights case.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On March 6, 2000, the Peruvian government accepted international responsibility for the rape of a poor indigenous woman by a doctor in the country's public health care system. This rare concession--and the settlement--represent a striking victory for the victim and for abused and oppressed women in Latin America who rarely receive acknowledgement of their rights. The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP), along with the Latin America and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law, reached a settlement after bringing this first-of-its-kind women's human rights case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The government agreed to provide the victim, Marina Machaca, with psychological care for as long as she needs, as well as land and materials to build a house and property in a public marketplace to sell her wares. In addition, the doctor who raped her was dismissed. Peruvian officials also agree to study the creation of centers for sexual abuse victims, and to review and implement proposals to revamp the health service and judiciary systems in regard to women throughout their country. Luisa Cabal is the CRLP staff attorney who represented Machaca in this international arena.</p>","PeriodicalId":85396,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive freedom news","volume":"9 5","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22041635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ending war against women. CRLP sponsors workshop on violence against women in situations of armed conflict during Beijing + 5 regional conference.","authors":"J Molloy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85396,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive freedom news","volume":"9 3","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22021795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Michigan's recent attempt to ban abortion is blocked.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Five Michigan abortion clinics and a doctor filed a complaint in federal court on February 1, 2000, challenging the state's ¿Live Infant Protection Act¿, the state's recent attempt to ban virtually all abortions. The ban is scheduled to go into effect on March 10th, 2000. The ban was passed during Michigan's latest legislative session ending in December 1999. The broad language of the ¿Live Infant Protection Act¿ would outlaw virtually all abortion methods performed throughout pregnancy--beginning as early as 8 weeks. In addition, the extreme nature of the ban fails to contain any health exceptions to protect the woman and threatens doctors who violate the statute with life imprisonment and a US$50,000 fine. Plaintiffs in the case of Womancare of Southfield, P.C., et al vs. Granholm (No. 00-705-85) are represented by Janet Crepps and Linda Rosenthal of CRLP, and local cooperating attorney Tracie Dominique Palmer of Detroit, Michigan.</p>","PeriodicalId":85396,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive freedom news","volume":"9 3","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22021796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fully entitled. The reproductive rights of women with disabilities.","authors":"A Farmer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85396,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive freedom news","volume":"9 2","pages":"1, 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22021395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"U.N. dues paid at a cost to women worldwide.","authors":"W Kawadler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85396,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive freedom news","volume":"9 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22030271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Push comes to shove. Women press for human rights treaty.","authors":"A Farmer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85396,"journal":{"name":"Reproductive freedom news","volume":"8 2","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22040441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}