What are women’s rights anyway and is abortion one of them?
“Privately, UNFPA officers say they are in a bind, ’We have had a challenge making sure that when we communicate we are able to preserve women’s rights to abortion but at the same time say that sex selection on the basis of gender of the future child is incorrect because it amounts to discrimination. How do you hold on to this discrimination tag and at the same time talk about safe abortion and access to it? It has been a huge challenge for us….we are walking a tightrope.” 160 million missing women http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/eReview_October_26_11.pd Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for [...]






