IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/swpcom/315523.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

The global struggle for sexual and reproductive health and rights: Countering their undermining in international forums

Author

Listed:
  • Schwebel, Franziska
  • Bayerlein, Michael
  • Villarreal, Pedro A.

Abstract

In numerous countries, more restrictive regulations on abortions have recently led to a weakening of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These legislative developments at the national level are reflected in the discussions at international forums, as they hinge upon human rights standards and access to health services. Although Germany has always advocated for the broad protection of SRHR, it is striking that the German government is not very active in international forums when it comes to addressing the content of this set of rights. This approach of diplomatic restraint carries the risk of providing those who oppose a broad interpretation of SRHR - be they governments, organisations or individuals - with a means to undermine the concept. If the German government wants to pursue its international commitment to human rights and individual freedoms in global health as well, more active advocacy is required.

Suggested Citation

  • Schwebel, Franziska & Bayerlein, Michael & Villarreal, Pedro A., 2024. "The global struggle for sexual and reproductive health and rights: Countering their undermining in international forums," SWP Comments 55/2024, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:swpcom:315523
    DOI: 10.18449/2024C55
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/315523/1/191195847X.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.18449/2024C55?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zbw:swpcom:315523. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.swp-berlin.org/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.