Sexual and reproductive rights are human rights and belong to us all. They entitle us to:
- Make decisions about our own health, body, sexual life and identity without fear of coercion or criminalisation
- Seek and receive information about sexuality and reproduction and access related health services and contraception.
- Decide whether and when to have children, and how many to have.
- Choose our intimate partner and whether and when to marry.
- Decide what type of family to create.
- Live free from discrimination, coercion and violence, including rape and other sexual violence, female genital mutilation, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, forced sterilisation and forced marriage.
All over the world, people are coerced, criminalised and discriminated against, simply for making choices about their bodies and their lives.
I want to stop these violations and remind world leaders of their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil sexual and reproductive rights.