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The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) is a global legal advocacy organization, headquartered in New York City, [6] that seeks to advance reproductive rights, such as abortion. The organization's stated mission is to "use the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect ...
From 1991 to 1995, Ross was National Program Research Director for the Center for Democratic Renewal (formerly the National Anti-Klan Network), where she directed projects on right-wing organizations in South Africa, Klan and neo-Nazi involvement in anti-abortion violence, and human rights education in the U.S. CDR is a non-profit clearinghouse ...
Janet Benshoof (May 10, 1947 – December 18, 2017) was an American human rights lawyer and President and Founder of the Global Justice Center. [1] [2] She founded the Center for Reproductive Rights, the world's first international human rights organization focused on reproductive choice and equality.
The Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training (Caribbean CETT) is an organization which seeks to enhance the quality of teacher training in the Caribbean. It came into existence as part of a USAID -funded Presidential Initiative established at the 2001 Summit of the Americas, held in Montreal, Quebec , Canada .
When the European powers colonized Latin America, they brought with them the Catholic Church's beliefs on reproductive rights. [8] Even today, religion in Latin America is characterized by the predominance of Roman Catholicism, although there is also increasing Protestant influence (especially in Central America and Brazil) as well as by the presence of other world religions.
Amy Beckford Bailey, OJ, OD, MBE (27 November 1895 – 3 October 1990) was a Jamaican educator, social worker and women's rights advocate. She was a co-founder of the Jamaican aid organization Save the Children and was the driving force behind the drive for introducing birth control to the island.
The Guttmacher Institute is a research and policy NGO that aims to improve sexual health and expand reproductive rights worldwide. [1] [2] The organization was started in 1968 and functions as both a research and educational organization. [3] [4] It operates mainly in the United States but also focuses on developing countries. [4]
Mary Lenora Morris [1] "Nora" was born on 28 February 1886 [2] [3] in Carmel, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. In 1893, Morris began teaching as an assistant teacher at the Moravian Day School, [1] in the customary pupil-teacher system of recruitment. Throughout the Caribbean prior to the 1950s, the most promising primary students, began working ...