Iniciativas Sanitarias´ COMMITMENT IN THE NAIROBI SUMMIT, ACCELERATING THE PROMISES OF THE PROGRAM OF ACTION, CAIRO
Commitment description:Uruguay is one of the few countries in Latin America that has decriminalized abortion by law since 2012. However, the abusive exercise of conscientious objection by health professionals results in a severe violation of women´s rights. In some provinces, 100% of gynecologist have declared themselves as conscientious objectors.
As a civil society organization, Iniciativas Sanitarias is committed to:
• Advocate with heath authorities to ensure that women can exercise their legal right to abortion in all regions of the country, promoting that the Ministry of Health assumes an effective regulation of conscientious objection.
• Promote the training of human resources committed to women´s rights in the health and education sectors, through continued education and updating on key issues of sexual and reproductive health, from a human rights and intersectional perspective.
• Defend the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus as our road map to direct public policies in the region and the Puebla´s Commitments as accelerators to carry on the 2030 Agenda.
Mode of engagement:
- Policy and guidanceIn Uruguay there is a law on voluntary termination of pregnancy since 2012 but is necessary that the Ministry of Health assumes an effective regulation of conscientious objection.
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.
