{"id":4801,"date":"2022-07-01T10:26:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/news-and-stories\/sierra-leone-decriminalization\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:07:53","slug":"sierra-leone-decriminalization","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/sierra-leone-decriminalization\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00f2s Feminista celebra la despenalizaci\u00f3n del aborto en Sierra Leona"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4801","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_format-statements","issue_tax-legal-abortion","issue_legacy-abortion","location-sierra-leone"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":false,"article_format":44,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"link","button":"","download":"","download_button_text":"","featured_image":3620},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Cuestiones prioritarias","issues":[34]},"locations":{"title":"Ubicaci\u00f3n","locations":[168]},"partners":{"title":"Socios","partners":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_article","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_hero_article":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Nueva York, NY<\/strong> \u2014 Hoy, en Freetown, Sierra Leona, el presidente Julius Maada Bio ha anunciado su apoyo a la Ley de Maternidad Segura y Salud Reproductiva. La ley, que ha sido redactada y aprobada por el gabinete, pasar\u00e1 ahora al Parlamento para su aprobaci\u00f3n. Es fundamental destacar que esta ley derogar\u00e1 la estricta prohibici\u00f3n del aborto que se remonta a la \u00e9poca colonial y contribuir\u00e1 a reducir la tasa de mortalidad materna de Sierra Leona, que actualmente es de el m\u00e1s alto del mundo<\/a>.\n\nIn response to this exceptional moment, which marks another victory for feminist movements for reproductive rights across the Global South, leaders from F\u00f2s Feminista, a global feminist alliance of over 170 organizations organizing for sexual and reproductive rights, released the below statements.\n\nFadekemi (Kemi) Akinfaderin<\/a>, codirectora de incidencia global de F\u00f2s Feminista, comparti\u00f3 su perspectiva como defensora feminista y l\u00edder residente en Zambia:\n
\u201cComo defensora que ha trabajado en materia de derechos sexuales y reproductivos y justicia en \u00c1frica durante m\u00e1s de 20 a\u00f1os, me llena de alegr\u00eda ver al presidente Bio anunciar hoy la Ley de Maternidad Segura en el Conferencia Africana sobre Salud y Derechos Sexuales<\/a> in Freetown. As its name suggests, Freetown was founded by people who were formerly enslaved and came to Sierra Leone to build a community where they could enjoy the safety, equity, and freedom they deserve. Today\u2019s announcement fulfills one part of that promise as women and other pregnant people will now have the right and freedom to access the information, medications, and accompaniment they need to terminate a pregnancy safely.\n\n\u201cWhile we see the United States backsliding in protecting their citizens\u2019 sexual and reproductive rights, feminist movements in the Global South, including here in Sierra Leone, are decriminalizing abortion and advancing gender and reproductive justice. I\u2019m hopeful today\u2019s announcement gives activists in the U.S., and especially Black women given the shared history, a restored faith that change is possible and progress can be made.\u201d<\/blockquote>\nGiselle Carino<\/a>, directora ejecutiva y consejera delegada de F\u00f2s Feminista, ofreci\u00f3 su visi\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo encaja este momento en el movimiento m\u00e1s amplio por los derechos reproductivos:\n
\u201cSierra Leona se une a Ben\u00edn<\/a>, Cabo Verde<\/a>, el Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo<\/a>, y Kenia<\/a> as the latest African nation to make a crucial stride forward in protecting the basic human rights of women and people who can get pregnant by decriminalizing abortion care. This victory for abortion rights demonstrates the raw strength of global feminist movements. Despite recent setbacks in the United States, feminist movements are stronger than ever and ready to persevere in the global struggle for democracy and reproductive justice.\n\n\u201cIt is not lost on us that this victory comes days after the United States\u2019 Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. We recognize the global impact of the United States\u2019 policies and funding in setting a global agenda and shaping policies far beyond its borders \u2014 the Ley Mordaza Global,<\/a> is a clear example of what this looks like. Nevertheless, those determined to advance reproductive justice will never relent\u2014not in the face of the United States\u2019 faltering leadership, and, as we\u2019ve seen in Sierra Leone, not in the face of interlocking issues of colonialism, racism, and harmful practices against women.\n\n\u201cWe are thrilled to be able to celebrate this historic moment with our feminist ally Purposeful and the coalition of organizations that led this change in Sierra Leone.\u201d<\/blockquote>\nEl anuncio se realiz\u00f3 con motivo de la X Conferencia Africana sobre Salud Sexual y Derechos<\/a>, organizada por Purposeful con el apoyo de F\u00f2s Feminista para reunir a organizaciones feministas y de derechos de las mujeres de todo el continente africano con el fin de debatir, entre otros temas, el acceso al aborto. En esta conferencia, los socios de F\u00f2s Feminista presentaron un nuevo pa\u00f1uelo de la liberaci\u00f3n africana<\/a> representar la lucha por la autonom\u00eda corporal, el acceso al aborto y los derechos reproductivos en solidaridad con otros movimientos de todo el mundo.\n

####<\/strong><\/p>\nF\u00f2s Feminista es una alianza feminista internacional centrada en la salud, los derechos y la justicia sexuales y reproductivos de las mujeres, las ni\u00f1as y las personas de g\u00e9nero diverso. Junto con m\u00e1s de 170 organizaciones locales de todo el mundo, nos dedicamos a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, la educaci\u00f3n y la defensa de nuestros objetivos. Esto incluye la prestaci\u00f3n de servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva y la aplicaci\u00f3n de estrategias comunitarias que faciliten el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica sexual y reproductiva a las mujeres, las ni\u00f1as y otras personas marginadas. Tambi\u00e9n involucramos a los j\u00f3venes con una educaci\u00f3n sexual integral y brindamos atenci\u00f3n a las sobrevivientes de la violencia de g\u00e9nero. Nos unimos a nuestros socios en las calles, en los tribunales y en otros espacios de defensa como una voz feminista sin complejos, resistiendo la injusticia y defendiendo la igualdad de g\u00e9nero y los derechos reproductivos a nivel local y global.<\/em>","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nF\u00f2s Feminista Celebrates Sierra Leone\u2019s Decriminalization of Abortion - F\u00f2s Feminista<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/sierra-leone-decriminalization\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"F\u00f2s Feminista Celebrates Sierra Leone\u2019s Decriminalization of Abortion - F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York, NY \u2014 Today in Freetown, Sierra Leone, President Julius Maada Bio announced his support for the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Act. 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