The purpose of this document is to describe the status of women’s sexual and reproductive rights in the countries where Ipas Central America and Mexico (Ipas CAM) works.
In Mexico and Central American countries, girls, adolescents and adult women face adverse contexts for the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights. The existence of institutional barriers to access to legal abortion services; the absolute criminalization of abortion; the criminalization of women during obstetric emergencies and the lack of prevention measures and comprehensive care for victims of sexual violence, even criminalizing access to emergency contraception pills, are just some examples of the actions and omissions of the governments of these States, which have immeasurable negative repercussions on the exercise of women’s sexual and reproductive autonomy.
As has been pointed out by various international organizations, the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has exacerbated conditions of inequality, violence and barriers to the effective exercise of women’s rights around the world, including their sexual and reproductive rights, with repercussions that include an increase in the number of unwanted pregnancies and maternal mortality rates.
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