Women World Wide

As U.S. women, for the first time in eight years, may have barriers to reproductive justice lifted with the arrival of the Obama administration, young women are raising their voices to fight for women's reproductive rights around the world. The National Young Women's Leadership Conference, set for March 21-23 in Washington, D.C., will discuss international family planning, the struggle for reproductive justice, and what students can do to provide accessible and adequate healthcare for women and girls. Contact www.feministcampus.org/know/global.

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International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10) saw the launch of the One Law for All campaign against Sharia Law in Britain. With widespread international support, the campaign calls on the government to recognize that Sharia and all religious laws: discriminate against women and children in particular, work against equality and human rights, should be banned from operating within and outside of the legal system. They plan a demonstration and march, March 7, commemorating International Women's Day. It will end with a public meeting titled "Sharia Law, Sexual Apartheid and Women's Rights." For information contact www.onelawforall.org.uk.

--Information from Maryam Namazie

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is challenging U.S. policy limiting teenage refugees' access to reproductive care. The Administration for Children and Family initiated a policy limiting reproductive health services for undocumented teenagers, including access to contraception and abortion. The ACLU stated the U.S. cannot deny, by law, reproductive healthcare to these teens, and should do everything to ensure their well-being when they have nowhere else to turn.

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The Mexican Supreme Court delivered an emphatic decision upholding the law protecting the right of all women to choose safe, legal, first-trimester abortion. Many doctors in public hospitals refused to perform abortions for any reason after it was legalized in 2007.

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