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- Women on Waves is a Dutch non-profit organization. Its mission is to prevent unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortions throughout the world.
Women on Waves sails to countries where abortion is illegal, at the invitation of local women's organizations. On the ship - where Dutch laws are in effect - early medical abortions are provided safely, professionally and legally.
WoW has so far sailed to Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Ecuador and Spain.
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- Women on Waves is a Dutch non-profit organization. Its mission is to prevent unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortions throughout the world.
Women on Waves sails to countries where abortion is illegal, at the invitation of local women's organizations. On the ship - where Dutch laws are in effect - early medical abortions are provided safely, professionally and legally.
WoW has so far sailed to Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Ecuador and Spain.
WoW also provide online abortion services for women... (read more) - Privacy Type:
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- PRESS RELEASE: July 30 th, 2009
WHAT: Press conference and street action "How women can do a safe abortion with pills themselves" hotline launch in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Thursday July 30, 2009, 17:00hs
WHERE: Cultural Center Archibrazo, C/ Mario Brave 437.
WHO: Lesbians and Feminists for the Decriminalization of Abortion and a network of feminist organizations from all over Argentina. The hotline is supported by Women on Waves (Netherlands) and the Coordinadora Juvenil por la Equidad de Género (Ecuador)
After the press conference, at 19:00 there will be a street action at the intersection of Corrientes and Callao for the legalization and decriminalization of abortion.
In Argentina abortion is illegal except in cases where the health or life of the woman is endangered or when a mentally disabled or insane woman ("idiota o dementa") becomes pregnant after being raped.
HELP NEEDED: Women on waves is looking for people (based in the Netherlands) that would like to join the email helpdesk to help women with unwanted pregnancies from all over the world in the following languages: Polish, Arabic, English.
Native speakers willing to work on the helpdesk should write an email to info@womenonwaves.org.
FINANCIAL DONATIONS: The activities of Women on Waves are supported by private and philanthropic funding. WoW depends on these contributions (which can be made online via a secure server) to continue activities.
To make a donation, go to: http://www.womenonwaves.org/set-427-en.html
FOR MORE INFORMATION and campaigning on the issue of safe and legal abortion, check for instance...
http://www.ippf.org
http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org
http://www.abortionrights.co.uk
http://www.mariestopes.org
http://feminist.org/rrights/abrights_links.html (Feminist Majority Foundation (USA) 'Abortion Rights Resources')
'Unsafe Abortion: The preventable pandemic' from The Lancet (2006): http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/unsafe_abortion/article_unsafe_abortion.pdf
2009 Guttmacher Institute report: 'Abortion worldwide: A decade of uneven progress': http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/AWWfullreport.pdf