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Introduction
The purpose of this special collection is to
provide resources and an introduction to reproductive justice, focusing
particularly on the connections between the elimination of reproductive
oppression and domestic and sexual violence. Included is a basic definition of
reproductive justice, information about the development and the history of
the Reproductive Justice Movement, and related resources. Highlighted in this
collection are resources that relate to the holistic well-being of women,
families, and communities as it pertains to violence against women and
reproductive rights and health. "Reproductive Justice & Violence
Against Women: Understanding the Intersections" makes connections
between the Reproductive Justice Movement and the Sexual Violence and
Domestic Violence Movements in the United States to demonstrate the necessity
of collaboration. This collection was developed by the National Sexual
Violence Resource Center, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence,
and the Women of Color Network. Additional resources, including book titles,
articles, reports, and journals, can be found by browsing the library
at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center or sending information requests
to resources@nsvrc.org.
We would like to thank SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health
Collective, especially Loretta Ross, and the Asian Communities for
Reproductive Justice for their years of dedication to and development of
reproductive justice as a framework and movement and for all of their
resources that are part of this collection.
Defining Reproductive Justice
Reproductive justice is an analytical framework or
theory, a movement, and a practice that works to protect and guarantee
women's rights and the full achievement of human rights. The term
“reproductive justice” was claimed and coined by women of color as a result
of the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development hosted in Cairo. It integrates
reproductive health with social justice and human rights. The term
reproductive justice represents a holistic view that acknowledges diverse
factors that intersect in multiple ways to affect women and their
reproductive rights.
The reproductive justice analysis understands that women, and
particularly women of color and their communities, experience reproductive oppression.
Reproductive oppression is "the controlling and exploiting of women,
girls, and individuals through our bodies, sexuality, labor, and reproduction
(both biological and social) by families, communities, institutions and
society" (Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, 2005 and Loretta J. Ross, SisterSong, 2006). Reproductive justice,
on the other hand, emphasizes that a woman's reproductive health is not only
based on individual choice but also a variety of factors and conditions
within one's experiences, family, and community. It cannot be separated or
put into a hierarchy of oppressions. Just as a person's reproductive health
experiences cannot be separated from mental, social, economic, familiar,
communal, or environmental well-being. This inter-sectional paradigm
addresses that systems of oppression simultaneously discriminate based on
race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, age, immigration status, linguistic
abilities, and other factors. These intersecting forms of oppression and
discrimination have historically resulted in power, privilege, and resources
for a select few and limited access to power and resources to a large
majority, including women, women of color, women in poverty, and other
groups. This analysis highlights systems of oppression as both a result and
tool of “the regulation of reproduction and exploitation of women’s bodies
and labor” (Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, 2005).
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Glossary of Key Terms
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Reproductive Health [focus - service delivery]: Reproductive
health addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all
stages of life. Reproductive health, therefore, implies that people are
able to have a responsible, satisfying and safe sex life and that they have
the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how
often to do so. (World Health Organization)
Reproductive Rights [focus - legal issues]: Reproductive
rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and
individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing
of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the
right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health.
They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning
reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence. (World Health
Organization)
Reproductive Justice [focus - movement building]: The
complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, economic, and social well-being
of women and girls that will be achieved when women and girls have the
economic, social, and political power and resources to make healthy
decisions about their bodies, sexuality and reproduction for themselves,
their families, and their communities. (Asian Communities for Reproductive
Justice)
Reproductive Oppression: The controlling and exploiting of women,
girls, and individuals through their bodies, sexuality, labor, and
reproduction (both biological and social) by families, communities, institutions,
and society. (Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice & SisterSong)
Reproductive Control: Interference with a woman's reproductive
autonomy, including pregnancy-promoting behaviors as well as control and
abuse during pregnancy in an attempt to influence the pregnancy outcome.
Reproductive control can be exerted upon women from various sources
including their partners, parents, peers, and the medical establishment.
(Ann M. Moore, Lori Frohwirth, & Elizabeth Miller)
NOTE: "Reproductive control" may also reference a
woman's ability to have full autonomy regarding her reproductive health.
Human Rights: Human rights are rights
inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence,
sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other
status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without
discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and
indivisible. (United Nations)
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Reproductive Justice Frameworks
Reproductive justice addresses reproductive
oppression by simultaneously applying three main frameworks at local, state,
national, and international levels. The frameworks are Reproductive Health,
Reproductive Rights, and Reproductive Justice. In other words, reproductive
justice advocacy includes the frameworks of service delivery, legal rights or
advocacy, and movement building. These frameworks provide an inclusive
approach to systems change that moves the debate away from individual rights
to an inclusive vision of “better lives for women, healthier families, and
sustainable communities” (Loretta J. Ross, SisterSong, 2006).
The attainment of this vision requires that we work in collaboration as
social justice movements to engage in effective movement building, systems change,
advocacy, and service delivery at the local, state, national, and
international levels. Reproductive justice specifically calls on movements in
the United States to also look globally at women’s movements that inclusively
address reproductive health and rights by framing it as a human rights issue,
acknowledging that any human rights violation puts in jeopardy all human
rights. In addition to human rights, the well-being of women must be
conceptualized as “complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, social,
environmental and economic well-being” (Loretta J. Ross, SisterSong, 2006). Reproductive justice
integrates social justice issues and recognizes that we are stronger when we
collaborate and work together.
Reproductive Justice- Building upon Reproductive
Health and Reproductive Rights
The reproductive justice framework is a distinct
approach that builds upon reproductive health and reproductive rights,
introducing an inter-sectional theory that underscores how race, class, and
gender affect individual’s and community’s equitable access to resources. The
reproductive justice movement addresses reproductive oppression and focuses
on organizing women, girls and their communities to challenge structural
power inequalities.
These resources provide a broad and detailed explanation of
reproductive justice and give an overview of the history of the movement.
- Understanding
Reproductive Justice PDF (12 p.) by Loretta J. Ross, SisterSong Women of
Color Reproductive Health Collective (May 2006)
This resource documents the development and
history of the Reproductive Justice Movement and outlines the importance
and necessity of the analysis. [More
Info]
- Reproductive Justice
Briefing Book: A Primer on Reproductive Justice and Social Change
PDF (82 p.) by SisterSong Women of Color
Reproductive Health Collective & the Pro-Choice Public Education
Project
This book is a collection of 46 articles written
by activists and scholars. It is a primer on reproductive justice and
intentionally gives voice to often marginalized communities. [More
Info]
- A New Vision for
Advancing Our Movement for Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights and
Reproductive Justice PDF (12 p.) by Asian Communities for Reproductive
Justice (2005)
This article defines reproductive oppression;
outlining and providing the three main frameworks to achieve
reproductive justice. It describes the problem, the strengths and
weaknesses of the struggle, and gives direction and vision for the
movement. [More
Info]
- Reproductive Rights
are Human Rights PDF (3 p.) by SisterSong Women of Color Health
Collective (2005)
This article outlines that reproductive rights
are basic human rights. It serves as a primer for understanding the
importance of international treaties, specifically the linkages between
reproductive rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [More
Info]
- Human Rights and
Women's Reproductive Health HTML (5 p.) by The People's Movement for Human
Rights Learning
This web page provides justification for the
human right to reproductive health based on international agreements and
treaties. It outlines excerpts from these treaties that are relevant to
ensure reproductive rights. [More
Info]
- Definition and
measurement of reproductive health
PDF (5 p.) PHP (5 p.) by Ritu Sadana, World Health Organization
(2002)
This article issues a research challenge to
estimate reproductive health instead of morbidity; concluding that an
appropriate definition of reproductive health and relevant operational
indicators are needed to measure reproductive health. [More
Info]
- Undivided Rights:
Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice
HTML (15 p.) by Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried,
Loretta Ross, and Elena R. Gutierrez, Center for American Progress
(October 2004)
This article gives a brief account of the
largely unknown activist history of women of color organizing for
reproductive justice. [More
Info]
- Reproductive Justice
101: A Select History PDF (44 p.) by Western States Center (2008)
This interactive timeline - from 1654 onward -
is a great tool for starting dialogues within organizations about the
issue. Printed in both English and Spanish. [More
Info]
- Women of Color and the
Struggle for Reproductive Justice
PDF
(3 p.) by Law Students for Reproductive Justice (2010)
This article outlines linkages between
reproductive oppression, women of color, and communities of color.
Statistics are included. [More
Info]
Paradigm of Intersectionality- A Holistic Framework
to Ensure Complete Well-Being
As Audre Lorde states, “oppression and the
intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sexes and colors and
sexualities; and that among those of us who share the goals of liberation and
a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of
oppression” (Homophobia and Education. New York: Council on Interracial Books
for Children, 1983). The reproductive justice movement works from an analysis
or paradigm of intersectionality. At its core, reproductive justice
articulates that reproductive oppression is a product and tool of other forms
of oppression such as sexism, homophobia, racism, classism, ableism, and
others. Therefore to ensure the well-being of women, our families, and our
communities we have to collaborate with all social justice struggles to end
injustice. This section outlines resources that relate to the holistic
well-being of humanity in relationship to reproductive justice. The resources
are divided into two sections: Physical, Mental, Spiritual and Political,
Social, Environmental.
Physical, Emotional/Mental,
Spiritual
- A Call to Incorporate
a Reproductive Justice Agenda into Reproductive Health Clinical Practice
and Policy PDF (4 p.) HTML (4 p.) by Melissa L. Gilliam, Amy Neustadt, and
Rivka Gordon, Contraception Editorial, Association of Reproductive
Health Professionals (April 2009)
This journal article articulates the
relationship between reproductive justice and clinical care. It outlines
the ways that a reproductive justice framework is useful for clinical
practice and policy to ensure the well-being of women and girls. [More
Info]
- The Psychological
Consequences of Sexual Trauma PDF (10 p.) HTML by Nicole P. Yuan, Mary P. Koss, and Mirto
Stone, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against
Women (March 2006)
This document describes current research
findings on the effects of childhood and adulthood sexual victimization
on women's mental health. Existing data on understudied communities and
risk factors for mental health problems are discussed. [More
Info]
- Violence Against Women
and the Role of Religion PDF (8 p.) HTML by Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune and Rabbi Cindy
Enger, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against
Women (March 2005)
This document provides an overview of some of the
basic issues and questions that confront religiously identified women
who have experienced abuse, and outlines strategies for clergy and
secular anti-violence advocates to reach out to one another. [More
Info]
- What the Goddesses
Left Behind-Birth Justice in the Reproductive Justice Movement
PDF (1 p.) by Lauren Clark, SisterSong (Fall 2009)
This article discusses spirituality and health,
specifically noting that that reproductive justice affirms feminist and
natural practices and methods with regards to our bodies and health. [More
Info]
- Our Collective
Spiritual Journey PDF (1 p.) by Chalchiuhtlicue Rosalinda Montéz
Palacios, SisterSong (Summer 2004)
This article discusses the Reproductive Justice
Movement and personal journey or spiritual transformation. It outlines
the spiritual practice of the circle ritual and consciousness building.
[More
Info]
Political, Economic,
Environmental and Social
- Investing in
Reproductive Justice for All: Toward a U.S. Foreign Policy on
Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
PDF (64 p.) by Center for Health and Gender Equity
(2009)
This report outlines an inquiry that studied
programs that use comprehensive approaches to sexual and reproductive
health and noted issues that arise when programs are not rooted in human
rights. [More
Info]
- Prop 4 Victory
Brief-Reproductive Justice at the Ballot Box
PDF (19 p.) by Eveline Shen, Asian Communities for
Reproductive Justice (2008)
This brief discusses Props 4 and 8 in California
as catalysts for community organizing, education, and networking;
discussing different strategies and ways that leadership and coalitions
can be built in communities of color around reproductive justice. [More
Info]
- Doubling the Damage:
World Bank Climate Investment Funds Undermine Climate and Gender Justice
PDF (27 p.) by Anna Rooke, Heinrich Böll Foundation
North America (February 2009)
This report discusses environmental and gender
justice in regards to the World Bank Climate Investment Funds’ projects,
concluding that these efforts fall short and have the potential of
increased harm to the planet and impoverished women. [More
Info]
- Environmental &
Reproductive Justice-When Movements Join Forces
PDF (1 p.) by Women’s Voices for the Earth,
SisterSong
This article discusses the power of uniting
movements for a common goal. It outlines that the same chemicals,
policies, and politics that are harming the environment are putting
women and their children at risk of serious illnesses. [More
Info]
- Reproductive Justice,
Not Population Control: Breaking the Wrong Links and Making the Right
Ones in the Movement for Climate Justice
PDF (16 p.) by Betsy Hartmann and Elizabeth
Barajas-Roman, PopDev: Hampshire College Population and Development
Program (January 2009)
Outlining the faulty connections between climate
change and population growth this paper critiques the blame that is
placed on the Global South, and promotes reproductive justice instead of
family planning as a model for solutions. [More
Info]
- Looking Both Ways:
Women's Lives at the Crossroads of Reproductive Justice and Climate
Justice PDF (36 p.) by Ann Rojas-Cheatham, Dana Ginn
Paredes, Shana Griffin, Aparna Shah, Eveline Shen, Asian Communities for
Reproductive Justice (2009)
This booklet articulates the connection between
those most marginalized by climate change and reproductive oppression
highlighting the strengths in unifying gender justice and climate
justice through a reproductive justice lens. [More
Info]
- More than a Choice: A
Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health and Rights
PDF (35 p.) by Jessica Arons, Center for American
Progress (2006)
Article presents a new vision of reproductive
rights that broadens the current discourse beyond the stagnant abortion
debate, providing an expanded definition of reproductive rights that
equally embraces the rights to have or not have children. [More
Info]
- Framing Reproductive
Justice PDF (12 p.) by Sandra Hinson, Grassroots Policy
Project
This essay discusses how the struggle for
reproductive justice takes place in the context of a larger struggle
over political power and the creation of a dominant worldview; examines
how reproductive rights have been framed by liberals and progressives. [More
Info]
- Young Women Speak Out!
Perspectives and Implications of Reproductive Health, Rights &
Justice Policies PDF (24 p.) by California Latinas for Reproductive
Justice (2010)
This report provides first hand accounts of
young Latinas that demonstrate a gap between existing state laws and
policies and the haphazard implementation taking place in schools and communities
on a wide range of reproductive health concerns. [More
Info]
Collaboration- A Key Building Block of the
Reproductive Justice Movement
Reproductive justice work requires building
relationships with other movements by drawing connections between
reproductive injustice and other social justice issues that impact women of
color and marginalized communities' reproductive freedom. The reproductive
framework engages with issues such as economic justice, immigrants' rights,
domestic violence, sexual violence, labor rights, sex trafficking, lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, and environmental justice. By
adopting this approach, reproductive justice integrates multiple issues and
brings together diverse constituencies to increase the inclusion of all women
and builds collective power to dismantle social, political, and economic
inequities that prevent women from making healthy decisions about their
bodies, sexuality and reproduction.
- Choosing a Broader
Movement: Envisioning Reproductive Justice
PDF (8 p.) by Tides Foundation Reproductive Justice
Fund (2006)
This document explains the reproductive justice
theoretical framework, as well as provides funding strategies and
recommendations for building cross-movement linkages to integrate
reproductive justice and other progressive movements. [More
Info]
- If You Really Care
about Environmental Justice, You Should Care about Reproductive Justice!
PDF (4 p.) by National Women's Law Center and Law
Students for Reproductive Justice
This article outlines the linkages between
reproductive justice and environmental justice. Highlighting how both
adopt a social justice analysis and by advancing the reproductive
justice principles you are also advancing environmental justice issues.
[More
Info]
- If You Really Care
about Racial Discrimination, You Should Care about Reproductive Justice!
PDF (5 p.) by National Women's Law Center and Law
Students for Reproductive Justice Associate
This article outlines linkages between
reproductive oppression, racial discrimination, and racial oppression.
The resource argues that until racial discrimination is eradicated,
Women of Color will suffer reproductive oppression. [More
Info]
- Fact Sheet:
Immigration Policy and Reproductive Justice
HTML (3 p.) by Tanya Doriss (July 2007)
This article examines the relationship between
reproductive justice and immigration policy. The paper identifies
anti-immigrant efforts ties to reproductive oppression and its impact on
the immigration debate. [More
Info]
- Reproductive Justice
in the Prison System PDF (3 p.) by Law Students for Reproductive Justice
(2009)
This resource highlights the linkages between
reproductive justice and the prison system. Statistics are provided on
incarcerated women, sexual assault, and abortion in prison. [More
Info]
Reproductive Justice to End Sexual & Domestic
Violence
Reproductive justice as a lens and framework has a
lot to offer movements that are working for a just and violence free society.
The resources below provide information and tools on how to incorporate a
reproductive framework to one's work. The materials specifically highlight
the connections between reproductive oppression and sexual and domestic
violence; demonstrating that when we work towards advancing reproductive
justice we are working to eliminate violence against women. Although the
resources below provide a good beginning, the materials in this area are
limited and much more work is needed to address the interconnection between
and integration of a reproductive justice framework and sexual and domestic
violence. More information on the linkages between violence and health can be
found in the Special Collection: Domestic Violence and Health Care and NSVRC’s
Healthcare Initiative Collection.
- If You Really Care
About Intimate Partner Violence, You Should Care About Reproductive
Justice PDF (4 p.) by National Women's Law Center and Law
Students for Reprodutice Justice (October 2009)
This article outlines linkages between
reproductive oppression and intimate partner violence, highlighting the
support a reproductive justice analysis can provide in the work to end
domestic violence. [More
Info]
- The Facts on
Reproductive Health and Violence against Women
PDF (3 p.) by Family Violence Prevention Fund
This brief provides data on violence against
women and reproductive health revealing that domestic violence poses
health risks to women of reproductive age. [More
Info]
- Male Reproductive
Control of Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in the
United States PDF (20 p.) by Ann M. Moore, Lori Frohwirth, &
Elizabeth Miller, Guttmacher Institute (2010)
74% of respondents in this study identified male
reproductive control as a tactic of abuse used against them by their
intimate partner. The article includes recommendations to help women
protect their reproductive health and physical safety. [More
Info]
- Making the Connection:
Domestic Violence and Public Health, An Evidence Based Training, Part 4:
Family Planning PPT (20 p.) by Linda Chamberlain, Family Violence
Prevention Fund (2004)
This chapter provides information about the
impact of domestic violence on reproductive health. [More
Info]
- Sexual Violence
Against Women: Impact on High-Risk Health Behaviors and Reproductive
Health PDF (10 p.) HTML by Sandra L. Martin and Rebecca J. Macy with
contributions from Janice A. Mirabassi, VAWnet: The National Online
Resource Center on Violence Against Women (June 2009)
This Applied Research paper provides a brief
overview of research on the impact of sexual violence on females’
high-risk health behaviors and reproductive health, focusing on studies
of sexual assault or rape experienced primarily during adulthood. [More
Info]
- The Facts on
Adolescent Pregnancy, Reproductive Risk and Exposure to Dating and
Family Violence PDF (3 p.) by Family Violence Prevention Fund
(February 2010)
Violence limits young women’s ability to manage
their reproductive health and exposes them to sexually transmitted
diseases. This fact sheet outlines ways that violence affects
reproductive health and impacts risky sexual behaviors. [More
Info]
- Interpersonal Violence
and Adolescent Pregnancy: Prevalence and Implications for Practice and
Policy PDF (48 p.) by S. Leiderman and C. Almo (2001)
This report shows that adolescents who have
experienced interpersonal violence are at a higher risk of teen
pregnancy. The report recommends strategies to prevent adolescent
pregnancy as well as to support pregnant and parenting adolescents. [More
Info]
- Preventing Pregnancy
from Sexual Assault: Four Action Strategies to Improve Hospital Policies
on Provision of Emergency Contraception
PDF (138 p.) by National Sexual Violence Resource
Center, Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of NYS and Clara
Bell Duval Reproductive Freedom Project (2003)
This toolkit provides facts about emergency
contraception for rape survivors, tools and strategies to assess the
need for increased access, and four strategies to increase access:
legislation, administrative efforts, litigation and voluntary efforts. [More
Info]
Movement Building Tools
- The EMERJ Reproductive
Justice Lens Toolkit: Identifying reproductive justice issues in your
community PDF (8 p.) by Expanding the Movement for Empowerment
and Reproductive Justice (2008)
This toolkit provides resources for people to
understand the reproductive justice lens, identify reproductive
oppression in their communities, and make connections and alliances
across communities and movements for reproductive justice. [More
Info]
- Movement Building
Indicators PDF (64 p.) by Maria Nakae, Moira Cowman and Eveline
Shen, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (2009)
This tool can be used to strengthen
organizations' plans and strategies around reproductive justice. It is
designed for organizations to access their work; specifically
organizations with a reproductive justice lens. [More
Info]
- Drawing the
Connections: Reproductive Justice and the Global Social Justice Movement
PDF (4 p.) by Ipas
This tool provides recommendations, activities,
and resources on how to integrate sexual and reproductive rights and
justice into the broader global social justice movement. [More
Info]
Related Organizations, Projects, & Initiatives
This section highlights organizations, projects,
and initiatives that relate to reproductive justice.
Asian Communities
for Reproductive Justice
"ACRJ is a grassroots community-based organization based in Oakland,
California. We work with communities and organizations to advance
reproductive justice on a local, state and national level. Our two core
strategies are community organizing and movement building."
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
"ARHP is a different
kind of medical association. Our members define reproductive health in broad
terms and recognize that the best health care is delivered through a team of
professionals partnering with an informed patient. We are the association
that brings together health care professionals across disciplines and
specialties for evidence based training and network building among committed
colleagues."
Black Women for Reproductive Justice
"Our mission
is to help Black women and girls realize reproductive justice.
We seek to build a grassroots constituency organized
to collectively affect changes in the public and private institutions and
policies that prevent us from obtaining optimum reproductive and sexual
health."
California Latinas
for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ)
"California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) is a statewide
policy and advocacy organization whose mission is to advance California
Latinas' reproductive health and rights within a social justice and human
rights framework. CLRJ strives to ensure that policy developments reflect
Latinas' priority needs, as well as those of their families and their
communities."
CHANGE: Center for Health
and Gender Equity
“The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) is a U.S.-based
non-governmental organization whose mission is to ensure that U.S.
international policies and programs promote women's and girls' sexual and
reproductive health within a human rights framework."
END VIOLENCE against
Women: Information and Resources
END VIOLENCE against Women was developed by the INFO Project to collect and
share in one central location information on the latest research, tools,
project reports, and communication materials produced in the worldwide
struggle to end violence against women. EndVAW aims to especially cover the
intersection of violence against women and subsequent effects of this
violence on women's reproductive health. It is designed for researchers,
health communication specialists, policy makers, and others.
Know More Say More
kNOw MORE is a national pubic awareness campaign of the Family
Violence Prevention Fund that is working to educate youth about the
reproductive health consequences of violence and sexual coercion. Its aim is
to open a dialogue and find a common language on the issue. kNOw MORE offers
a variety of resources
including screening tools for healthcare providers.
National Latina
Institue for Reproductive Health
"The mission of NLIRH is to ensure the fundamental human right to
reproductive health and justice for Latinas, their families and their
communities through public education, community mobilization and policy
advocacy."
Pro-Choice
Public Education Project
"Pep is a national reproductive justice organization that works to
engage and inform organizations, young women, transgender and gender
non-conforming young people, ages 16-25, especially those whose voices are
not heard in spaces where sexual and reproductive health and rights are
addressed."
Mapping Our
Rights
"The objective of this map is to document the vast differences
in laws and policies on a state level and show the linkages between sexual
and reproductive rights. The immediate goals are to: monitor state laws and
policies; document and analyze state-level restrictions on sexual and
reproductive laws and policies; and encourage action against discriminatory
legislation."
New Voices
Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice
"New Voices Pittsburgh is a grassroots organization for, led by and
about women of color using the reproductive justice framework to organize and
build a powerful local movement with women of color and allies. The mission
of New Voices Pittsburgh is to connect women of color with the Reproductive
Justice Movement, educate communities of color about Human Rights and develop
new voices for leadership in Pittsburgh."
Quick Health Data
Online by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health
This free health statistics database hosts extensive information on a wide
range of concerns; including reproductive health, violence against women,
sexual assault, physical violence and prevention. Data is available for all
50 states and U.S. territories and can be shorted by race, ethnicity, gender,
and age. The database allows you to create different kinds of data tables,
maps, and graphs.
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
"The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice brings the moral power
of religious communities to ensure reproductive choice through education and
advocacy. The Coalition seeks to give clear voice to the reproductive issues
of people of color, those living in poverty, and other underserved
populations."
SisterLove, Inc.
"SisterLove is on a mission to eradicate the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS
and other reproductive health challenges upon women and their families
through education, prevention, support and human rights advocacy in the
United States and around the world."
SisterSong Women of Color
Reproductive Health Collective
"SisterSong is building
a movement for reproductive justice. We mobilize women of color around our
lived experiences by: bringing women of color together, encouraging our
collective sustainability through mentoring and self-help, providing a
framework that resonates with our lived experience, and organizing and
mobilizing to affect change."
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW
"SPARK
Reproductive Justice NOW collaborates with individuals, communities and
organizations to grow and sustain a powerful reproductive justice movement in
Georgia. We do this by: Developing and sharing a radical analysis in order to
change culture; Mobilize in response to immediate threats and; Organize for
long-term systemic change.»
Third Wave
Foundation
"Third Wave is led by a
board of young women, men, and transgender activists striving to combat
inequalities that we ourselves face as a result of our age, gender, race,
sexual orientation, economic status, or level of education. By empowering
young women and transgender youth nationwide, Third Wave is building a
lasting foundation for young feminists around the country."
Women of
Color Policy Network
"The Network conducts original research and collects critical data
on women of color that is used to inform public policy outcomes at the local,
state, and national levels. The Network also serves as a hub for women of
color scholars, leaders, and practitioners."
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