International women’s day is on its way, and here we sit seeing the debatable reality of women healthcare conditions and their rights. Of course, there are attempts made to constantly improve the conditions in women healthcare. However, the process still lacks the fundamental areas in the women’s healthcare rights of women.

This blog intends to educate women about their sexual and reproductive health-related rights on the occasion of women’s day.

Following are the basic rights that women need to be aware of:

• Right to life
• Right to be free form torture
• Right to health
• Right to privacy
• Right to education
• Prohibition of discrimination

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women emphasizes how women’s right to health involves the rights concerning sexual and reproductive health. With this, the regulations and right also obligates men and women to not only respect but also protect the liberty of women concerning their sexual and reproductive health.

Though the rights address the sexual and reproductive health of women, there are still some additions which should be made to the rights and regulations. Women today still struggle to find a safe solution to deal with their unplanned pregnancy.

Taking women’s healthcare an utmost priority, the regulations should be tightened to help women attain safe and secure health maintains. Not only physical but also the mental health should be made prime concern when it comes to women healthcare.

The facilities offered to women in any state should be available in sufficient numbers. Also, the services offered in the states should be easily reachable. Efforts should be made to break the economic barriers between safe healthcare services and women.

Although there are obligations made to attain all the aforementioned motives of women healthcare, the breach of women’s sexual and reproductive health rights are a common issue. Poor quality services, disrespectful behavior in the women healthcare services procedure are some of the problems faced by women.

There have also been cases of a third party making decisions about women’s health without their consent. This includes forced virginity examinations, forced continued unplanned pregnancy, forced sterilization etc.

Be it any state, there should be laws made making women healthcare education a compulsion along with spreading information on the women’s healthcare rights. The regulatory bodies in the state should also implement sex education in women healthcare policies. Women should be taught different ways of safe pregnancy prevention. If any woman is stuck with an unplanned pregnancy, she should be availed with safe abortion services.

This women’s day, let’s pledge for a better tomorrow in the world of women health and their medical growth.