Open AccessForced migration and reproductive rights: Pregnant women fleeing Venezuela
Author(s) -
Cindy Paola Hawkins Rada
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acdi anuario colombiano de derecho internacional/acdi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2145-4493
pISSN - 2027-1131
DOI - 10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/acdi/a.9188
Subject(s) - reproductive rights , immigration , government (linguistics) , human rights , reproductive health , economic growth , political science , health care , maternal health , socioeconomics , environmental health , medicine , health services , population , sociology , law , economics , linguistics , philosophy
Numerous pregnant Venezuelan women have fled Venezuela, given the health system crisis that has increased risk to their lives and their children. Thousands of them have arrived in Colombia in search of reproductive health care. Notwithstanding Colombia’s government efforts to provide some relief measures to the massive influx of Venezuelan migrants, pregnant women are not receiving the prenatal and postnatal care they need. One of the primary barriers to health care access is their immigration status and the health system structure regarding migrants. Therefore, this paper studies Colombia’s international human rights obligations concerning their immigration status and the right to reproductive health to conclude that government measures have been insufficient to meet these obligations.