Sexual and reproductive rights of women on the agenda of obstetricians and gynaecologist in Latin America and the Caribbean region

Abstract

This current issue of the Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología (RCOG) includes several studies that place the reality of sexual and reproductive rights of women in the region under the spotlight. These rights are tightly linked to other human rights, including the right to life, to health, to privacy and to non-discrimination.

According to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), (1) it is the duty of the States to safeguard those rights through the creation of the necessary conditions to enhance the physical and emotional wellbeing of women at different points in their lives, as well as through sufficient provision of good-quality sexual and reproductive health services, with adequate Access both from the physical as well as the economic point of view.