Peru
Peru one step closer to legalising abortion - 23 October 2009
The Peruvian Congress' has decided to stand by its proposal to decriminalize abortion in cases where women and girls become pregnant as a result of rape or incest.Peru must build on plans to legalise abortion - 20 October 2009
Amnesty International has called on the Peruvian authorities to step up recent efforts to decriminalise abortion in the country.
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Some progress was made in tackling impunity.
Peru: Police must respect human rights at all times, Amnesty demands as protests intensify - 9 July 2009
Following the detention of 156 demonstrators in Peru, including 127 in Lima, Amnesty International called on the police not to use excessive force, as protests
Hundreds of Peru’s poor, rural and Indigenous pregnant women die in health service lottery - 9 July 2009
A new Amnesty International report explores the high levels of maternal mortality amongst women from excluded or marginalized communities.Peru: Maternal Health and Mortality - Facts and Figures & Case Studies - 9 July 2009
Peru has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the Americas. According to official figures, 185 women die for every 100,000 live births in Peru. The U
Peru: Unequal access to health services costs poor and indigenous women’s lives - 9 July 2009
Hundreds of poor, rural and Indigenous pregnant women in Peru are dying because they are effectively being denied the same health services other women in the c