tailieunhanh - WOMEN OF THE WORLD: LAWS AND POLICIES AFFECTING THEIR REPRODUCTIVE LIVES: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

This report was coordinated jointly by Gaby Oré Aguilar, International Program Staff Attorney for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, and Roxana Vásquez Sótelo,General Coordinator of DEMUS and Regional Coordinator for this report. | Table of Contents Glossary Introduction Women of the World The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy DEMUS Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer In collaboration with partners in Argentina Bolivia Brazil Colombia El Salvador Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Peru PAGE 2 WOMEN OF THE WORLD WOMEN OF THE WORLD LAWS AND POLICIES AFFECTING THEIR REPRODUCTIVE LIVES LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Published by the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy 120 Wall Street New York NY10005 USA First edition November 1997 Entire content copyright 1997 The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and DEMUS. All rights reserved. Reproduction or transmission in any form by any means electronic photocopying recording or otherwise in whole or part without the prior consent of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy or DEMUS is expressly prohibited. This prohibition does not apply to the organizations listed in the Acknowledgments for each of their corresponding country chapters. ISBN 1-890671-00-2 ISBN 1-890671-03-7 LAWS AND POLICIES AFFECTING THEIR REPRODUCTIVE LIVES PAGE 3 Acknowledgments This report was coordinated jointly by Gaby Oré Aguilar International Program Staff Attorney for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and Roxana Vasquez Sotelo General Coordinator of DEMUS and Regional Coordinator for this report. Research and preliminary drafting of the corresponding country chapters were undertaken by the following lawyers and organizations Mariana García Jurado Instituto Género Derecho y Desarollo Argentina Julieta Montano Director Ofic-ina Juridica de la Mujer Bolivia Silvia Pimentel and Valéria Pandjirjian Director and President respectively of the Board of Trustees Instituto para la Promoción de la Equidad Brazil Isabel Agatón member Casa de la Mujer Colombia Alba América Guirola Director Instituto de Estudios para la Mujer Norma Virginia Guirola de Herrera CEMUJER El Salvador María Eugenia Mijangos