We, in Slovak-Czech Women´s Fund, are deeply concerned by the anti-choice initiatives of fascist political party Kotleba-Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (in English Kotleba – People’s Party Our Slovakia) as well as other conservative political parties and groups that are relentlessly trying to restrict legal protection of safe access to abortion. Their rhetoric that by this legal restriction they want to protect life is misleading. This restriction would have got very negative impacts on the health and life of women and it would constitute a violation of women's right to reproductive self-determination.
We responded to this situation by organizing a meeting of our grantees and active women who are engaging and working in the area of sexual and reproductive rights. The meeting was held on 11th of July 2018 in independent cultural centre - Stanica Žilina-Záriečie.
Goals of the meeting:
- to appraise the current situation in the (non)observance of the sexual, reproductive and parental rights in the Slovakia through the lens of the work of women´s rights organizations that participated on the meeting;
- to discuss the possibilities and capacities of how we can act towards the protection of women´s rights on access to safe reproductive health care service and women’s personal freedom, and bodily integrity.
We would like to express our gratitude to the organizations that accept our invitation to the meeting: Centre for Civil and Human Rights (Poradňa pre občianske a ľudské práva), Freedom of Choice (Možnosť voľby), Aspekt, the antifascist grassroot initiative Povstanie pokračuje (The Uprising Continues), and to the sociologist Barbora Holubová. This meeting was financially supported by the Urgent Action Fund. We are proud to be partnering with these organizations and active women.
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We trust the decisions of women.
We trust our mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends.
We support freedom of choice.
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Read more about sexual, reproductive and parental rights and justice
If you are interested in the sexual, reproductive and parental rights and justice, and would like to know more information about the topics, we recommended you to visit the web sites of our grantees:
Freedom of Choice (Možnosť voľby)
Centre for Civil and Human Rights (Poradňa pre občianske a ľudské práva)
Aspekt
Women´s Circles (Ženské Kruhy)
Get involved
If you are also on worries over the effort of fascist and conservative political parties and groups to restrict the safe access to abortion, as we are, please, take into consideration a support of the women´s rights organizations that work in the area of sexual, reproductive and parental rights and health.