Rights on having children
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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Credits
Tips and information
Everyone has the right:
- To choose whether to have children or not
- To decide freely the number, spacing and timing of children
- Everyone has the right to be able to get the information, education and support to make these decisions
- Decisions should be based on the best information that is available
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Videos & infographics
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Question and Answers
All →Publications
All →Report of the tenth meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 12–14 Nov 2024
Strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks for maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response
Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: report on the 2023 policy survey
List of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities
Reports
All →The Safe Love project: leveraging dating apps as a tool to ignite essential conversations about sexual health
Frequently asked questions on sexual and gender diversity, health and human rights: an introduction to key concepts
Self-care interventions for health and well-being - Communications Toolkit 2023
The HRP Alliance for sexual and reproductive health and rights research capacity strengthening
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